Recall the entire human life in this world
Is there someone who feels grateful to you for your favor?
Time, you the tireless traveler
Is there someone who has sung a single song for you
Or presented you with a single flower
Is there someone who sits down to
Caress your face and
Listen to your joys and sorrows
Crops in the fields
Ripe for harvest one year after another
The aged pagoda tree in front of the house
Bears the same flower every year
The sun rises and sets
Oh, Time, have you heard
A single word of thankfulness
(by Liu Jian)
