媽媽生日快樂！轉眼間，距離我第一次唱《今天是妳的生日，媽媽》給妳聽，已經過了五年了。這五年來，我們大家都努力地好好生活，希望妳都看見了。
我去年第一次聽見這首《花開忘憂》，就深深地被打動了。歌詞中的忘憂草，是象徵母愛的萱草花的別名，送給妳再適合不過。這首歌跟前年我唱給爸爸的《如願》一樣，由錢雷作曲，唐恬作詞，延續了他們溫柔真摯的風格，情感層層遞進，向聽眾們傳達了「所有的東西可能都不會是永恆的，但愛是永恆的」——即使妳走了將近五年了，即使妳走後世界經歷了天翻地覆的變化，我依然愛妳、依然時時想念妳。
去年為妳練習《一葷一素》時，我總是納悶為什麼不常夢到妳——莫非真的是因為我平時淺眠，所以妳來時總是特別小心？今年再練《花開忘憂》，或許是日有所思，夜有所夢，我夢見妳的次數好像真的多了些。有一次甚至如歌詞中，夢見我們都老了。除了鬢邊多了些銀髮，妳還是一貫地優雅知性，而我不論到了幾歲、在外如何功成名就，在妳身邊還是變回了孩子。或許我做的每一個夢，真的是我的時空和妳的時空偶爾的重疊，而連結我們的時空的，正是那份永恆的愛，這份愛也支持著我在過去五年中，無論遭遇何種逆境，都能堅定前行。
希望我還能時常夢見妳，也希望妳在天上一切都好、一念忘憂。
我們睡去的時候，像孩子無憂愁
在夢裡做個夢，看見你我都老了
那永恆沒騙我，離散也沒有
這份愛只是活在另外時空
如果每一聲再見會開啟一個新的空間
每做一個夢是時空偶爾的重疊
你好嗎？離開的人啊
Happy birthday, Mom! It’s hard to believe that it has already been 5 years since I first sang “It’s Your Birthday Today, Mom” for your birthday. Over the past 5 years, we have all been working hard to live a good life, and I hope you could see all that.
When I first heard “Flowers Bloom, Forget Your Worries” last year, I was deeply touched. The “forget-your-worries” flower in the lyrics is another name for orange daylily, which symbolizes the love from a mother. Therefore, I think this is a perfect song for you. Same as “As Wished” that I sang for Dad in 2023, this song was composed by Qian Lei and the lyrics were written by Tang Tian. Just like their other songs, “Flowers Bloom, Forget Your Worries” is gentle and sincere with rich layers of emotions, conveying that “everything in the world may not be eternal, but love is eternal.” Although it has been almost half a decade since you left, and the world has gone through drastic changes, my love for you is eternal, and I still think of you often.
When I learned “Mom’s Cooking” for you last year, I always wondered why I couldn’t dream of you often. Is it really because you know I am a light sleeper now, so you are always extra careful when you visit me when I sleep? When I practiced “Flowers Bloom, Forget Your Worries” this year, perhaps my thoughts during the day became my dreams at night — it seems like I am finally seeing you in my dreams more often. Once I even dreamed that we turned old together, just like what the lyrics said. In that dream, you were still as elegant and wise as always (with a few extra grey hairs). I, on the other hand, no matter how old I got and how much I’ve accomplished, I turned into a child again around you. Perhaps every dream I had about you is the occasional overlap between my universe and yours. What connects our universes is that eternal love, which has supported me through all kinds of adversities in the past 5 years.
I hope I can continue to see you in my dreams, and that you can forget all your worries in Heaven.
When we fall asleep, we are like children without worries
I dreamed in my dream, where we turned old together
Eternity didn't lie to me -- despite our separation, our love still lives
If every farewell will open up a new spacetime tunnel, then every dream is the occasional overlap of our universes
How have you been since you left?