Translating the sub song (片尾曲) “Lau Heung's Regret" (留香恨) from Chor Lau Heung 1979 (楚留香) into English.

Original Cantonese Song by Adam Cheng (鄭少秋).

From the late 1970's to the mid 1990's are considered the "Golden Generation" for TVB as they produced a lot of timeless TV series. The 1979 version of "Chor Lau Heung" was one of those classic series. Had an interesting story, a good cast and a good sountrack. The 1979 version is 65 episodes long and split into four parts:

1. The Legend of Mo-fa (無花傳奇)
2. The Great Desert (大沙漠)
3. Legend of the Divine Palace (神宮傳奇)
4. The Final Battle (最後一戰).

All of the stories are based on the series of novels about "Chu Liuxiang" (楚留香) by Taiwanese writer Gu Long's (古龍). It should be noted that in creating the character of Chu Liuxiang, Gu Long was inspired by Western writer Ian Flemming's James Bond. So Chu Liuxiang is really the Asian version of James Bond in an ancient wuxia setting. I have read a couple of the Chu Liuxiang novels but not all of them. The 1979 version is about 60% to 65% truthful to Gu Long's work. That doesn't stop me from loving the 1984 version by Michael Miu (苗僑偉) and Barbara Yung (翁美玲) more though, which I will explain later.

Adam Cheng starred as the playboy detective, Chu Liuxiang (楚留香). He would go on to play the role of Chu Liuxiang in many other TV series and film adaptations. This is more due to the fact that Adam was highly popular both as a singer and actor throughout Asia. In terms of his performance as Chu Liuxiang, all I saw as a kid was Adam Cheng in a costume and not Chu Liuxiang, and this opinion remains as an adult. In this series, Adam did nothing but be himself and you can't differentiate this role from the previous roles that he played or future roles. The 1984 version is more popular, because Michael Miu made the character of Chu Liuxiang jump from the pages of Gu Long's novel onto the TV screens. This is telling because the 1984 version wasn't even truthful to Gu Long's novel... The male cast was pretty lacking in the 1979 series as well. The supporting cast was serviceable more than great. Kent Tong (湯鎮業) played a minor role as he was just at the start of his career.

The female cast was pretty extensive and included the likes of Liza Wang (汪明荃), Angie Chiu (趙雅芝), Mary Hon (韓馬利), Susanna Au Yeung (歐陽佩珊), Cecelia Wong (黃杏秀), Sharon Yeung (楊盼盼), and Idy Chan (陳玉蓮). They made the series pretty enjoyable.

This song is called "Lau Heung's Regret" which is also sang by Adam Cheng. It's a sad song where the character of Chu Liuxiang laments the death of his true love, whichever that is as there is at least two during the series. I have decided to cut a clip based on Angie Chiu's character and Chu Liuxiang, which kept me entertained throughout the series. The lyrics I hope I got right ass I wasn't 100% happy with it, but doesn't lose it's meaning. Anyway, enjoy...

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