脸里没有开心 | no joy found in my heart

梦里没有希望 | no hope held in my dream

手里只有纸鹤 | only paper cranes in my hands.

hands flit over bright patterned paper

sharp creases cut through tired hearts

sky blue thoughts, folding into cranes

troubled waters rage under the surface. 

我的太痛 | my deepest pain

没有 | does not have

最后赦免 | an eventual absolution.

Clawing and biting, Sheep amid Wolves

what is Woman in Man's world?

decimate ancient assaults, begin cycles anew

climb broken ladders unto hostile heavens.

天上燕子 | a heavenly swallow

潛下 | plunges swiftly down

从河喝水 | to drink water.

eyes like onyx, grace like sacrifice

my beloved namesake of feathery hope

in my palm, your paper brothers

shall never know rough river waters.

看我爱情 | notice my affection

从远 | from a distance 

两只寂手 | two lonely hands. 

my heart sinks, my body shakes

i fold another crane in silence

i am craven, craving your smiles

your face is vivid and pure.

太阳跟月 | sun and moon

轨里 | in eternal orbit

每天跳舞 | dance together daily.

one thousand cranes bestow one wish

i know mine, secret and not

to find an ounce of courage

speak my mind, confess my devotion.

眼里只有泪水 | only tears remain in my eyes

我不明白我用 | i do not know of ways

什么把你留住 | to keep you here with me.