Jew-Gum-Tung-May-Woe

The theme song in a 1983 Taiwanese movie “搭錯車 (Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing) (1)”
Translated by Yiyan Han (c), 2023-09-24
 

Jew-Gum-Tung-May-Woe （酒矸倘賣無）(2)
Jew-Gum-Tung-May-Woe（酒矸倘賣無）
......

Such a familiar loud voice, it’s been with me
in windy and rainy days, for many many years
Never need to recall, nor ever forgotten.
Without heaven, there weren’t earth
Without earth, there weren’t home
Without home, there weren’t thee
Without thee, there weren’t me.

Hadn’t you fostered me and given me a new life
Hadn’t you protected me, what fate would I have?
You’d raised me up and heard my first words
You’d provided me a home and together we shared our lives

You could distinguish black from white
and true from false, even if you couldn't speak
You’d devoted thy passionate life to me
though you couldn't express thy true feelings.
Thy familiar voice coming from afar
reminds me of thy kind heart.
When would you come back to me
and let me sing again to thee ?

Jew-Gum-Tung-May-Woe（酒矸倘賣無）
Jew-Gum-Tung-May-Woe（酒矸倘賣無）
…...

Footnote:
(1) The plot of this film, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa,_Can_You_Hear_Me_Sing
(2) A phrase in Southern China dialect which means “Any empty wine bottles for sale?”