心火 [Xīn huǒ] [English translation]

If you haven’t cried bitterly late at night

How would you be qualified

to talk about fate and life

Better to twinkle heroically

than to 1 prosaic silence

Don’t ask what this is for

Because I once fought against the devil 2 for a few rounds

Even though I was severely threatened by it,I did not shake hands and made peace 3

Because there was a time when my days were numbered, I came to understand who I want to be

Hold my heart, face the fire 4

Fearing but not flinching

All that tries to kill me

will boost my courage

Harden the heart, wade through the fire 4

Reborn in a stitched shell

Live up to every lost and found opportunity

Because I am persistent enough

I am a transient flower

as well as the most lasting amber

There’s always beauty on which I rest my hope

It’s too hard to leave the people I love deeply

Especially when Mom said you’d better be safe and sound

And said I’m the daughter that will always make her proud

So I had fought against the devil for a few rounds

Even though I was severely threatened by it,I did not shake hands and made peace3

So when my days are numbered, I will be whom I should be

Hold my heart, face the fire 4

Fearing but not flinching

All that tries to kill me

will boost my courage

Harden the heart, wade through the fire 4

Reborn in a stitched shell

Live up to every lost and found opportunity

Because I am persistent enough

For the heart, blow up the fire 5

Be willing to go ahead to fight regardless of my life

What is able to make me die with no regrets

is what makes me truly happy

My heart, is the fire

burning in every song I sing

The people who hear my songs prove for me

that I once came to this world

1. submit to2. breast cancer3. a. b. with the disease——meaning she defeated the disease4. a. b. c. d. a symbol of the danger or death5. a symbol of courage