鐵塔凌雲 The Tower Above the Clouds

tittit鐵taaptaap塔lingling凌wanwan雲mongmong望batbat不gingin見funfun歡janyan欣janyan人minmin面The iron tower soars into the clouds, but I see no happy faces.

fufu富sisi士sungsung聳sisi峙tengteng聽batbat不gingin見jauyau遊janyan人funfun歡siusiu笑Mount Fuji towers high, but I hear no laughing visitors.

ziji自jauyau由sansan神zoengjeung像zoijoi在jyunyun遠fongfong方maimai迷moumou霧The Statue of Liberty stands in the distant mist.

saansaan山coengcheung長seoiseui水jyunyun遠meimei未japyap入keikei其waaiwaai懷poupou抱Over far mountains and long rivers, I never found a place in its embrace.

taantaan檀doudou島taantaan灘ngonngon岸dimdim點dimdim點leonleun粼gwonggwong光On Hawaii's beaches, specks of shimmering light;

heihei豈nangnang能kapkap及jyuyu漁dangdang燈zoijoi在beibei彼bongbong邦how could they match the fishing-boat lamps in that land over there?

fufu俯sausau首daidai低manman問hoho何sisi時hoho何fongfong方hoho何moumou模joengyeung樣I bow my head and quietly ask: when, where, and in what form?

wuiwui回jamyam音hengheng輕cyunchyun傳cichi此sisi時cichi此cyuchyu處cichi此moumou模joengyeung樣The echo softly answers: this time, this place, just as it is.

hoho何seoiseui須dodo多gingin見fukfuk復dodo多kaukau求ceche且coengcheung唱jatyat一kukkuk曲gwaigwai歸toutou途soengseung上Why see more and want more? Just sing a song on the road home.

cichi此sisi時cichi此cyuchyu處cichi此moumou模joengyeung樣cichi此moumou模joengyeung樣This time, this place, just as it is, just as it is.

taantaan檀doudou島taantaan灘ngonngon岸dimdim點dimdim點leonleun粼gwonggwong光On Hawaii's beaches, specks of shimmering light;

heihei豈nangnang能kapkap及jyuyu漁dangdang燈zoijoi在beibei彼bongbong邦how could they match the fishing-boat lamps in that land over there?

fufu俯sausau首daidai低manman問hoho何sisi時hoho何fongfong方hoho何moumou模joengyeung樣I bow my head and quietly ask: when, where, and in what form?

wuiwui回jamyam音hengheng輕cyunchyun傳cichi此sisi時cichi此cyuchyu處cichi此moumou模joengyeung樣The echo softly answers: this time, this place, just as it is.

hoho何seoiseui須dodo多gingin見fukfuk復dodo多kaukau求ceche且coengcheung唱jatyat一kukkuk曲gwaigwai歸toutou途soengseung上Why see more and want more? Just sing a song on the road home.

cichi此sisi時cichi此cyuchyu處cichi此moumou模joengyeung樣This time, this place, just as it is.

cichi此moumou模joengyeung樣Just as it is.