Elegy Traveling South on the Pearl River (珠江南行挽歌)
| When a river | 当一条河 | |
| flows a river | 流淌一条河 | |
| flows to | 流淌为了 | |
| empty itself | 倾空自己 | |
| into waiting | 进入等待着的 | |
| seas, boats’ | 大海，船上的 | |
| passengers | 旅人 | |
| blind at birth | 生而盲 | |
| to destiny. | 于命途。 | |
| You would | 你愿 | |
| your eyes wet | 你眼眸湿润 | |
| if accompanied, | 如果有陪伴， | |
| if accompanied, | 如果有陪伴， | |
| you would | 你愿 | |
| your eyes be | 你的眼眸是 | |
| isles, but you | 岛屿，但你 | |
| are dry-eyed, | 是干枯的， | |
| a cargo, your | 是船货，你的 | |
| marvelous | 非凡的 | |
| mind, | 头脑是 | |
| an export. | 输出品。 | |
| You travel | 你前行 | |
| toward surplus | 朝着富余 | |
| and lack. | 和匮乏。 | |
| In the end | 最终 | |
| you have | 你拥有 | |
| what. | 什么。 | |
| The pearl | 珍珠 | |
| is in the bank. | 在银行。 | |
| A river | 一条河 | |
| changes | 改变了 | |
| course. | 航道。 | |
| There is | 不再有 | |
| nowhere | 什么地方 | |
| left to go, | 可以抵达， | |
| when | 当 | |
| a river | 一条河 | |
| flows | 流淌着 | |
| a river | 一条河 | |
| flows | 流淌着 | |
| to empty. | 为了倾空 |