==English Version== The sky, the oceans, the mountains, the rivers, the fields, an old tree, a historic house, wisdom from our ancestors.
Skies are dusky, oceans are dark Mountains deformed, rivers polluted Fields filled with gravel, old trees cut down Historic houses demolished, destruction without care What's happening? While improvement silently sacrifices...
Ancient wisdom of our ancestors, slowly fading from memories of the people Why do salt tears fall on broken but endless fires, those that burn down registered historic sites The things big corporations do for profit (oh help!) Scream as loud as you can, but the government won’t hear you
Appeals written on white banners, saying they would undergo investigation But actually sharpening their knives in the dark Reality is slicing you piece by piece Seagulls fly into black smoke and never come back How nasty can the air get in Taichung? One by one, the residents of Taixi are falling sick But you, you choose to stay
Oh remembering…the search for ancestral memories Oh remembering…where do our children’s footprints lead? Oh remembering…the search in vain for the way home
Places are changing, there’s dust everywhere Now children even wear face masks when playing on a swing The worry for pollution lasting a lifetime The government is hiding and covering their eyes, also covering the eyes of the people Cooperating with profiteering enterprises to raise land costs What kind of market is this? Justice no longer persists
Those that wreck the homes of the black-faced spoonbill, to open up a route more convenient Those who oppose for no reason, you make us sick Dreams need to be fulfilled , and dolphins swimming the waters need our protection Do you remember? When factory waste waters flow into rivers Trees being cut down, and soil from the mountains spill into villages Urban development collect private lands, leaving none for our children to inherit These merciless winds blew out the ancestral fires in our family home
For our children, for the land we were born into For the heritage of our ancestors, for making Taiwan more beautiful For the change I wish upon you, and for many more who would join you on a journey to prove right from wrong We battle against the unjust, for the justice of our lands
Oh remembering…the search for ancestral memories Oh remembering…where do our children’s footprints lead? Oh remembering…praying to the ancestors, may they bless us all
Bless the children, let them grow strong and tall in their sweet homes Blessed with bodies of their own, minds of their own, culture and languages of their own Blessed with lives of their own, a life with dignity Blessed with individual voices, and a land to call their own. A land to call their own…a land to call their own
Give back clear skies and fresh air Give back wisdom and heritage of our ancestors This is a protest for government officials, profiteering enterprises and politics Taking one firm footstep after another, we’ll protect the justice for our lands
==English Version== The sky, the oceans, the mountains, the rivers, the fields, an old tree, a historic house, wisdom from our ancestors.
Skies are dusky, oceans are dark Mountains deformed, rivers polluted Fields filled with gravel, old trees cut down Historic houses demolished, destruction without care What's happening? While improvement silently sacrifices...
Ancient wisdom of our ancestors, slowly fading from memories of the people Why do salt tears fall on broken but endless fires, those that burn down registered historic sites The things big corporations do for profit (oh help!) Scream as loud as you can, but the government won’t hear you
Appeals written on white banners, saying they would undergo investigation But actually sharpening their knives in the dark Reality is slicing you piece by piece Seagulls fly into black smoke and never come back How nasty can the air get in Taichung? One by one, the residents of Taixi are falling sick But you, you choose to stay
Oh remembering…the search for ancestral memories Oh remembering…where do our children’s footprints lead? Oh remembering…the search in vain for the way home
Places are changing, there’s dust everywhere Now children even wear face masks when playing on a swing The worry for pollution lasting a lifetime The government is hiding and covering their eyes, also covering the eyes of the people Cooperating with profiteering enterprises to raise land costs What kind of market is this? Justice no longer persists
Those that wreck the homes of the black-faced spoonbill, to open up a route more convenient Those who oppose for no reason, you make us sick Dreams need to be fulfilled , and dolphins swimming the waters need our protection Do you remember? When factory waste waters flow into rivers Trees being cut down, and soil from the mountains spill into villages Urban development collect private lands, leaving none for our children to inherit These merciless winds blew out the ancestral fires in our family home
For our children, for the land we were born into For the heritage of our ancestors, for making Taiwan more beautiful For the change I wish upon you, and for many more who would join you on a journey to prove right from wrong We battle against the unjust, for the justice of our lands
Oh remembering…the search for ancestral memories Oh remembering…where do our children’s footprints lead? Oh remembering…praying to the ancestors, may they bless us all
Bless the children, let them grow strong and tall in their sweet homes Blessed with bodies of their own, minds of their own, culture and languages of their own Blessed with lives of their own, a life with dignity Blessed with individual voices, and a land to call their own. A land to call their own…a land to call their own
Give back clear skies and fresh air Give back wisdom and heritage of our ancestors This is a protest for government officials, profiteering enterprises and politics Taking one firm footstep after another, we’ll protect the justice for our lands
