Uploaded December 2008 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is my favorite version of a Vietnamese folk song "Em Oi Hanoi Pho" done by Thanh Lam from the movie "Cyclo".
It is hauntingly beautiful.
I've always been asked "what does it mean?" everytime I play it...
Here's my humble attempt of the English translation:
transylvania3.com/JTVsBlog/tabid/56/EntryID/23/Default.aspx
This is my favorite version of a Vietnamese folk song "Em Oi Hanoi Pho" done by Thanh Lam from the movie "Cyclo".
It is hauntingly beautiful.
I've always been asked "what does it mean?" everytime I play it...
Here's my humble attempt of the English translation:
transylvania3.com/JTVsBlog/tabid/56/EntryID/23/Default.aspx










![Portishead-Glorybox (Roseland Live 97)
Im so tired, of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For Ive been a temptress too long
Just. .
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman
From this time, unchained
Were all looking at a different picture
Thru this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman
[INSTRUMENTAL]
So dont you stop, being a man
Just take a little look from our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
Its all I wanna be is all woman
For this is the beginning of forever and ever
Its time to move over... ... Portishead-Glorybox (Roseland Live 97)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XX0nAH-MeyA/mqdefault.jpg)