Songs for Wuhan

By Bo Ning

During the epidemic in Wuhan, Philton Solomona, a Samoan student studying music performance at Central China Normal University wrote two songs, “My Wuhan” and “Thank you,” to express his feelings for Wuhan and sincere gratitude towards the medics who came to help.

When asked about his motivations to write the two songs, he said, “Part of my heart will always be with Wuhan in this difficult time of lockdown. As the musicians from Wuhan, we all want to write a song for the city. I know I’m not the only one.”

He has been following the news about the epidemic in other countries, especially in places where his friends and family are in. “As a musician and a student in the world of music, I try to put all I want to say in my music. I would like to thank all the medical workers from other fields out there. They are doing an amazing job and I think they deserve to be remembered in history.

“Wuhan and its people have been through a tough time and are now reviving. I believe that they can and will be able to get back on their feet. I’m proud of Wuhan and the people here.

“I am also overjoyed that Wuhan has opened up again and I pray that there will be no second surge of this epidemic here in China. I cannot wait to get back to my favorite city in China and get back to my school.”

新冠肺炎疫情在武漢肆虐之時，來自薩摩亞的留學生涂優異，寫下了兩首歌：《我的武漢》和《謝謝你》。這位在華中師范大學學習音樂的異國學子，對武漢有著深深的情感。他用歌聲來支持武漢人民，也借此表達他對來自四面八方支援武漢的醫療隊員的感激之情。

當我們問他寫這兩首歌的理由時，他回答說：“我的心將永遠與武漢同在，伴隨武漢挺過艱難封城的日子。但凡是武漢的音樂人，有誰不想為自己的城市寫歌呢？我知道，我并不是唯一一個為武漢寫歌的人。”

涂優異一直關心世界各地的疫情變化，尤其是他的親朋所在之處。“作為一個音樂人，一個音樂世界的學習者，我努力把自己心里的話寫進歌里。我同樣想感謝那些在世界各地保護著人們健康的醫護人員和各位堅守崗位的工作者，他們卓有成效的工作必將載入史冊。

“武漢這座城市和她的人民經歷了艱難的時期，他們正在從跌倒的地方站起來，我相信他們一定能做到。我為武漢和她的人民感到驕傲。

“我為武漢解禁而歡欣鼓舞。我祈禱，這次疫災不會卷土重來。我早就等不及，想回到中國那我最愛的城市，那里有我的一切。”

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我的武漢

演唱 | [薩摩亞] 本杰明

詞曲 | [薩摩亞] 涂優異

翻譯 | 胡穎

空蕩蕩的街

沒有信號的街

曾經熟悉的那些地方

如今空空如也

春天悄然而至

卻不見雀躍的影子

圣誕彩燈還高高掛

卻只留孤獨緊閉的門窗

我們害怕看不見的那些

未知秘密

我們只知道這些

會奪走生命

我的武漢

我們會將你變得更好

我們會看見陰霾散開

我們會帶走所有痛苦回到從前

我的武漢

我們會看到太陽升起

我們會聽到車水馬龍

因為這是我居住的地方

相信嗎

我們就要到達

我們就要成功

帶來嶄新的生活

生命可能不一樣

但我們必須堅強

為那些離開的人而活

給他們帶來希望

My Wuhan

Singer | Benjamin Solomona [Samoa]

Music & Lyrics | Philton Solomona [Samoa]

Empty roads

Not a sign on the street-walks

Not the sound of the place

that I know

Of people rushing everywhere

Spring is here

But not a sign of festive cheer

Christmas lights are still hung high

Along closed doors and windows

People afraid of what they

cannot see

A mystery

Who knew that this could

spread so easily

And take life from

My Wuhan

We’ll make it to better days

We’ll watch this storm go away

And take all this pain away

and bring life back to

My Wuhan

We’ll watch the sun rise again

We’ll make the streets loud again

‘Cos this is where I stay

Can you believe it

We’re almost there

We’re gonna beat it

And bring life back again oh

Life may never be the same

But we must stay strong

And live for those who can’t

And bring what life we can to