上海(Shanghai)

打开窗 open the window
遥望蓝天 watch the sky
阳光明媚 the sun is shining brightly
万里无云 no cloud in the sky
深呼吸 take a deep breath
清新个空气 the air is so fresh
伸直懒腰 stretch myself
满心欢喜 with full delight

上海 呒没介好个天气 Such good weather won’t appear in Shanghai
送脱秋老虎 the Indian summer goes
又来黄梅天 soon the rainy season arrives
上海 一年只有两季 there are only two seasons in Shanghai
一季是冬天 one is winter
一季是夏天 the other is summer

平常我 ordinarily, as soon as I
一有假期 got a vacation
拖好行李 I will take my luggage
跳上飞机 jump into the plane
到海边 fly to the sea
就像勒天堂里 where the paradise must be
拥抱沙滩 and embrace the beach
勿想转去 don’t want to go back indeed

上海 呒没介赞个风景 Such beautiful scenery you won’t see in Shanghai
虽然叫上海 although “Shanghai” literally means “up sea”
海水忒大兴 but the sea water is far away from good
上海 只有两个人造海滨 in Shanghai, there are only two artificial beaches
一个勒金山 one is in Jinshan
一个勒奉贤 the other is in Fengxian

上海 养我四十年 Shanghai, I have lived here for forty years
有人骂侬精明 some people say you are shrewd
有人笑侬小气 some say you are mean
但是勿管我跑到何里 but wherever I go
侪会先介绍 I will first introduce myself
我是上海人 as a Shanghainese