Not even the towering old wall could block the sadness

I drifting to the North, is my families doing well?

Carrying a bag full of gloom on my shoulders

Some say he is debt-ridden and forced to flee

Some say the couldn't find any place or opportunity to show their talents

Some have lost their way in way and wandering aimlessly

Some are working hard to fill their stomach and support their families

He lives in a jobs apartment on the outskirts of Beijing

populated by foreigners who come from all over the place

He's busy preparing his resume with huge expectations

Back and forth on 930th avenue while waiting for that miracle

Don't wanna listen and think about it, I dare not to turn back toward regrets

I insist to travel with my dreams

Being forced to let go all my previous prides and status

Even if I failed, I will never give up or retreat

Farewell to the South, my most beautiful homeland

Illusions of my hometown together with the swaying coconut tree are formed in my dream

It's too fuzzy and unclear to the point that I can't see what's ahead

I drifting to the North, don't ask about my hometown

Not even the towering old wall could block the sadness

I drifting to the North, is my families doing well?

Carrying a bag full of gloom on my shoulders

This will be my last and final attempt

It seems impossible to return to my far hometown Oh

They don't like this place because of the bad air and messiness

They can't get use to this place because of the traffic and it's rush

People ogling and viewing cynically towards each other on the sidewalk

He gets himself drunk all the time in attempt to mix into the contaminated society

Wobbing around with a bottle of Erguotou in his hand

Those who're frustrated collapsed at the backlane

Chewing beef tripe with the boiled mutton meet while holding a bowl of hot soup

Trying hard to relieve this uncomfortable heart

Don't wanna listen and think about it, I dare not to turn back toward regrets

I insist to travel with my dreams

Being forced to let go all my previous prides and status

Even if I failed, I will never give up or retreat

Farewell to the South, my most beautiful homeland

Illusions of my hometown together with the swaying coconut tree are formed in my dream

It's too fuzzy and unclear to the point that I can't see what's ahead

I drifting to the North, don't ask about my hometown

Not even the towering old wall could block the sadness

I drifting to the north, is my families doing well?

Carrying a bag on my shoulders full of melancholy

Like the dust, I'm drifting together with the wind

Who could bring me to fly high in sky

I stood in Temple of Heaven and closed my eyes

praying for the bliss of my family

I drifting to the north, don't ask about my hometown

Not even the towering old wall could block the sadness

I drifting to the north, is my families doing well?

Carrying a bag full of gloom on my shoulders

Standing here in Beijing, I was stomped with the pressures and almost breathless

Walking on Qianmen Street, I still felt lost and not aligned with the public here

Maybe I don't belong here and have to leave

Enough with all this suffering, please kill me heartlessly

It's the center of all dreams yet it is still out of reach

It's the holy land to reach your dream yet it's so bewildering

Many were killed in the cruelty of reality here and disappeared

So many of them were fooled into the traps here yet in the end all that remain are lifeless corpse

Rest in Peace

It seems impossible to return to my far hometown Oh

Drifting to the north, don't ask about my hometown