If imprisonment is certain,
Then I choose to have my body imprisoned and my soul set free.
Even if I am locked up, my eyes will have a stretch of blue sky to see.
If life is a tung blossom of May,
Then I will blossom when it's the season to blossom, and scatter when it's the season to scatter,
Because in my soul I know that this life is nothing more than a fleeting dream.
If imprisonment is certain, Then I choose to have my body imprisoned and my soul set free. Even if I am locked up, my eyes will have a stretch of blue sky to see. If life is a tung blossom of May, Then I will blossom when it's the season to blossom, and scatter when it's the season to scatter, Because in my soul I know that this life is nothing more than a fleeting dream.