"These Foolish Things" is a standard Jazz number. There are many versions. The image on the left show a Japanese interpretation, which is very good.
This one is another Japanese version, which is actually in Japanese. (But it is not as good as the first Japanese lady's version).
I therefore translated it into Chinese:
So, why it needs to be translated into Chinese then? You may not know that the original English lyrics was written by Anna May Wong's lover, and dedicated to Anna May Wong. The song writer found the lyrics, got inspired and added in the music part.
A cigarette that bares a lipsticks traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you.
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumblinwords that told you what my heart meant
A fairgrounds painted swings
These foolish things
Remind me of you.
You came,
You saw,
You conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of march that made my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but whos to answer
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you
香烟还留着那口红印记
航票带我去那浪漫假期
我的心生出双翼
这些傻傻的事，使我想起你
动听的钢琴飘出相邻公寓
羞怯的言语透露我的心意
乐队幻彩乐曲
这些傻傻的事，
使我想起你
你来
你看
你征服
当你来临这里
我知道一切会开始
三月的春风舞动着我心
电话声响起可有人接听
为何会魂牵梦萦
这些傻傻的事，总使我想起你
(词翻译版权归 Lyric Chinese Translation All Rights Reserve www.HuaTongOversea.com May 2009）
There are many other versions I like in my YouTube favorites page.
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