孤獨的夜哨  Lonely Night Sentry

作詞：張震嶽　作曲：張震嶽　
Music and Lyrics by Chang Chen-yue

Every day, every night, every moment is spent thinking of you
I hate that I’m on a faraway island and am a lonely night sentry
In my pocket I have your letter and that adorable photograph of you
In the empty night, looking at the sea, wondering how you are doing in Hualian

Worried you haven’t gotten enough to eat, worried you’ve run off with someone else
If you really do run off with someone else, can I trouble you to tell me on the way…
I don’t want to be the last to know

Every day, every night, every moment is spent thinking of you
I hate that I’m on a faraway island and am a lonely night sentry
In my pocket I have your letter and that adorable photograph of you
In the empty night, looking at the sea, wondering how you are doing in Hualian

I’m worried you haven’t gotten enough to eat, I’m worried you’ve run off with someone else
If you really do run off with someone else, can I trouble you to tell me on the way…
I don’t want to be the last to know

I don’t ever want to know

每一天每一夜　分分秒秒都在想著妳
只恨我在外島　又是一個孤獨的夜哨
口袋裡妳的信　還有妳那可愛的照片
夜空下看著海　妳在花蓮過著好不好

擔心妳有沒有吃飽　擔心妳跟別人跑掉
如果妳真的要跑掉　麻煩妳順便說一下
我不要最後才知道

每一天每一夜　分分秒秒都在想著妳
只恨我在外島　又是一個孤獨的夜哨
口袋裡妳的信　還有妳那可愛的照片
夜空下看著海　妳在花蓮過著好不好

我擔心妳有沒有吃飽　我擔心妳跟別人跑掉
如果妳真的要跑掉　麻煩妳順便說一下
我不要最後才知道　

我永遠都不要知道

Language: Mandarin
Copyright 2007 by Rock Records
Translated by M. Oyen

Notes:  Ah, the agony of mandatory military service.  This is *such* a Taiwanese song...  the idea of doing one's nighttime guard duty on a "外島" - literally an "outside island" - is very likely a reference to the island of Jinmen (near Xiamen, just off the coast of Fujian Province, PRC), or another similarly popular destination for young men fulfilling their duties.  I remember a friend getting ready to report for duty a few years ago and worrying that his girlfriend would find someone else while he was gone (service was then a two year commitment - now it is only one). Hualian is a gorgeous city on Taiwan's east coast.