The sky is tangled with fog
Smokes around the cities hog,
No way through to see any star
In my hands cries a sad guitar;
Oh dear God! Where to go?
My heart says ‘I never know’;
I just stand beside the Grand River
To breathe in fresh air forever.

The forest is burning with wildfire
No rain anywhere to aspire,
The earth is warming with vapor
No therapy to wipe off this stupor;
Oh dear God! Where to go?
My heart says ‘I never know’;
I just dip into the Bongshi River
To soothe my roasted body forever.