Green Island Serenade

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"Green Island Serenade" (traditional Chinese: 綠島小夜曲; pinyin: Lǜdǎo Xiǎoyèqǔ; also known as "Serenade of Green Island") is a Mandarin Chinese lullaby written in 1954 by Zhou Lanping and famously performed by Teresa Teng. A cover version of this song appears as a hidden track on Vienna Teng's second album, Warm Strangers (2004).

This song sometimes has political meaning, as Green Island, Taiwan was used as a place of exile for political prisoners from the late 1940s during the single party rule of Taiwan's Kuomintang political party. The original intent of this song is probably a tribute to Taiwan.^{[citation needed]}

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Traditional Script	Simplified Script	Romanization (Pīnyīn)	English Translation
這綠島像一隻船在月夜裡搖呀搖姑娘喲妳已在我的心海裏飄呀飄讓我的歌聲隨那微風吹開了你的窗簾讓我的衷情隨那流水不斷地向妳傾訴椰子樹的長影掩不住我的情意明媚的月光更照亮了我的心這綠島的夜已經這樣沉靜姑娘喲妳為什麼還是默默無語	这绿岛像一只船在月夜里摇呀摇姑娘哟妳也在我的心海里飘呀飘让我的歌声随那微风吹开了妳的窗帘让我的衷情随那流水不断地向妳倾诉椰子树的长影掩不住我的情意明媚的月光更照亮了我的心这绿岛的夜已经这样沉静姑娘哟妳为什么还是默默无语	zhè lǜ dǎo xiàng yì zhī chuán zài yuè yè lǐ yáo ya yáo gū niang yo, nǐ yě zài wǒ de xīn hǎi lǐ piāo ya piāo ràng wǒ de gē shēng suí nà wēi fēng chuī kāi le nǐ de chuāng lián ràng wǒ de zhōng qíng suí nà liú shuǐ bú duàn de xiàng nǐ qīng sù yē zi shù de cháng yǐng yǎn bú zhù wǒ de qíng yì míng mèi de yuè guāng gèng zhào liàng le wǒ de xīn zhè lǜ dǎo de yè yǐ jīng zhè yàng chén jìng gū niáng yo, nǐ wèi shén me hái shì mò mò wú yǔ	This green island, is like a boat meandering through the moonlight. Darling, you are floating in the ocean of my heart. Let the melody of my song follow the breeze, blowing through your curtains. Let my love go with the flowing water, serenading you. The coconut tree's long shadow cannot hide my gentle love. The clear bright moonlight brightens my heart. This green island night appears so peaceful. Darling, why are you still silent?