Boat (船) – Mona Fong (方逸華)

Published in 1967
Composer: Wang Fu Ling
Lyricist: Chiong Yao
Singer: Mona Fong (Fang Yi Hua)

Boat

Spring leaves, autumn comes, time slowly slips away
Longing already distant, the dream already broken
Boat, ah, little boat, no longer shining splendidly as in former days
Passing through storms, crossing dangerous rapids
Overflowing with time, filled with hardship
When, oh, when may she set down this heavy burden?
Where is the bay to take shelter from the winds? Where is the shore to cease her drifting?
For many months and years, floating and wandering
Days bitterly short and nights bitterly cold
She is already fatigued, already listless
Longing already distant, the dream already broken
Where, oh, where is the shore to cease her drifting?