一支竹仔｜lITTLE bAMBOO sTICK

一支竹仔｜lITTLE bAMBOO sTICK

香港人有一首歌——《一支竹仔》，是說「團結就是力量」(家和萬事興 的主題曲，1956)：
Hongkongers have a song called “Little bamboo stick” (theme song of the movie “A Peaceful Family will Prosper”, 1956) which is telling about “Unity is strength”, unprofessional translated lyric as below-below:

※一支竹會易折彎 幾支竹一扎斷折難
孤單實太慘 團結方可免禍患
我你間無恨與憎 與眾相安露笑顏 蒼蒼萬眾生 和氣不可有傲慢
大眾合作不分散 千斤一擔亦當閒 齊集群力無憂患 一切都好易辦 [※]
孤單實太慘 團結一心無禍患

※※花須好要葉滿枝 月雖皎潔有未滿時
孤掌莫恃倚 團結方可幹大事
我你間要共靠倚 更要將宿怨盡掃除 安康過日子 和氣不可有妒忌
大眾合作好相處 千斤一擔亦不辭 齊集群力無猜忌 一切都好順利 [※※]
孤掌莫恃倚 團結一心幹大事

※A single bamboo stick can easily to be bended
A bundle of bamboo sticks knit together is difficult to be broken
What a pity being alone
Unity in order to avoid the scourge
No hate between me and you
Everyone lives in peace and quiet
Wearing smiling faces
Everyone should be polite without arrogance
Everyone cooperates, not separate
Even heavy burdens, would also be “no big deal”
Everyone gathers power, would have no scourge
Everything can easily to be solved [※]
What a pity being alone
Unity, would have no scourge

※※Pretty flowers need full of leaves
Although the moon is bright, still the moon sometimes is not full.
Do not rely alone Unity to success
You and I have to rely on each other and stop feuding
Live in peace and health, should be polite not jealous
Everyone cooperates and gets along well with each other
Don’t even say “No” to heavy burdens
Everyone gathers power without suspicion, everything will be all right [※※]
Do not rely alone Unity and concentrate to Success

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At the end of the song, the woman (private tutor) said, “So now everyone knows how to sing this song, continue with lesson 2 then.”

這首歌的概念應來自《魏書》第一零一卷的第八十九列傳——《吐谷渾傳》的《阿豺折箭》 （後續⋯⋯）
The concept of this song might come from the Story of “Mùróng Āchái: breaking arrows”, it was collected in “*Book of Wei”, Vol 101, Chapter 89 – ”Biography of Tuyuhun ”. (TBC…)

註：
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*The Book of Wei is a classic Chinese historical text compiled by Wei Shou from 551 to 554, and is an important text describing the history of the Northern Wei and Eastern Wei from 386 to 550. (Wiki)

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