Chinese:
好一朵美麗的茉莉花
好一朵美麗的茉莉花
芬芳美麗滿枝椏
又香又白人人誇
讓我來將你摘下
送給別人家
茉莉花呀茉莉花
Cantonese pronunciation:
Hou yat do meilai dik mutleifa
Hou yat do meilai dik mutleifa
Fanfong meilai munzi aa
Yau heung yau baak yanyan kwaa
Yoeng ngo loi zoeng nei zaak haa
Sungkap bityan gaa
Mutleifa aa mutleifa
Translation into English:
What a beautiful jasmine flower,
With its fragrant, lovely blossoms,
Sweet-smelling white flowers beloved by all.
Let me pluck you down
And give you away to other people,
Jasmine blossom, oh, jasmine blossom.
As a Cantonese person myself, I cannot help it by try to sing "Mo Li Hua" (a popular Chinese song about gifts of jasmine flowers) in my native dialect, for fun!
