"A Smile on the Ocean's Edge" is the theme song of the movie The Laughing Pride of the Wanderer, released in 1990, with lyrics and music by Wong Cham, and arranged by Gu Jiahui.
The song is available in Cantonese and Mandarin versions, but the lyrics are almost identical; the Cantonese version was sung by Kwun Jie Hui, and was included in Hui's album "'90 Movie Golden Songs Selection", which was released by PolyGram Records on April 1, 1990; the Mandarin version was composed by Luodayou, Wong Chim, and Tsui Hark, and the Mandarin version was composed by Luodayou, Huang Zhan, and Tsui Hark. The Mandarin version was sung by Lu Da-You, Huang Zhan, and Tsui Hark***, and was included in Huang Zhan's 1990 album Laughing Pride of the Wanderer - Hundreds of Taboos Huang Zhan's Works, which was released by Rolling Stone Records.
The lyrics of the song are:
Cantonese version
The sea laughs at the sound of the ocean and the tides on both sides of the river
The floating and sinking of the waves is only remembered today
The sky laughs at the tides on both sides of the river
The heavens know who will lose and who will win
Jiangshan Mountain
The sea laughs
The tide on both sides of the ocean
The tide of this day is with the waves
The sky laughs at the tide of the world
The heavens know who will lose and who will win
The river and the mountains laugh at the smoke and rain
The wave of the ocean is all that is known to us
The wind laughs at the lonesomeness of the world
The love of the people is still there.