Transience of Life
Cáo Xuěqín
At the height of her honor and splendor
Death comes for her
Death comes open-eyed
She had to leave everything behind, behind
As her gentle soul
Passes away, ay, ay
So far her home
Beyond the distant mountains
That in a dream
She finds and tells her parents
Your child has gone now
To the yellow spring
You must find a retreat
Before it's too late
As her gentle soul
Passes away, ay, ay
So far her home
Beyond the distant mountains
As her gentle soul
Passes away
Away, away, away, away
