Hainanese song Mum

**天上有一条云**  

There is a cloud in the sky,

**地上有一艘船**  

There is a boat on the water,

**摇啊摇哦腻啊腻**  

Rocking and swaying, gently and slow —

**是我那个摇篮**  

That is my cradle.

**母喂母啊**  

Mum, oh Mum,

**你老了啊**  

You have grown old now.

**从侬小小养侬到大**  

You raised me from a tiny babe to a grown child.

**仔小时怕仔哭**  

When I was little, you feared I would cry;

**仔大时怕仔骂**  

When I grew up, you feared I would be angry.

**仔大就离开家**  

Once grown, I left home,

**一年都不回几次**  

Coming back only once or twice a year.

**母疼仔如牛毛那样多**  

A mother's love for her child is as many as the hairs on an ox;

**仔疼母只牛毛那样长**  

A child's love for his mother is only as long as one ox hair.

**天上有一条云**  

There is a cloud in the sky,

**地上有一艘船**  

There is a boat on the water,

**摇啊摇哦腻啊腻**  

Rocking and swaying, gently and slow —

**是我那个摇篮**  

That is my cradle.

**母喂母啊**  

Mum, oh Mum,

**你老了啊**  

You have grown old now.

**从侬小小养侬到大**  

You raised me from a tiny babe to a grown child.

**仔小时怕仔哭**  

When I was little, you feared I would cry;

**仔大时怕仔骂**  

When I grew up, you feared I would be angry.

**仔大就离开家**  

Once grown, I left home,

**一年都不回几次**  

Coming back only once or twice a year.

**仔小时怕仔哭**  

When I was little, you feared I would cry;

**仔大时怕仔骂**  

When I grew up, you feared I would be angry.

**仔大就离开家**  

Once grown, I left home,

**一年都不回几次**  

Coming back only once or twice a year.

**母疼仔如牛毛那样多**  

A mother's love for her child is as many as the hairs on an ox;

**仔疼母只牛毛那样长**  

A child's love for his mother is only as long as one ox hair.