If before us is the book of almighty time1
Each new year, a page will appear
You'll learn and see that you don't know anything
The future seems unfathomable
You make a choice, or while giving these up
You fall in love and become disappointed, 'win or lose' --it's the truth
If the future can favor us
Would someone know, if I asked?
What will happen to us, where are we going?2
Time has given and taken from our hands
You go whichever way; where does the path lead?
You're looking into the year 2020
That people are good, that there shouldn't be nuclear bombs
Everything's resolved -- you're just counting on it
That in chemical pollution, all the clean waters shan't be lost
The beautiful planet shall yet remain for us
Don't believe that we'll be living on the moon
It's more likely that a train will be taking us to work in Shanghai
If, at some point, you play together with children
And someone asked you then, how would you answer?
What will happen to us, where are we going?
Time has given and taken from our hands
You go whichever way; where does the path lead?
You're looking into the year 2020
We walk together under those stars
The same sun and wind, the same footpaths below
A little older, wiser, better, but we remain ourselves
What will happen to us, where are we going?
Time has given and taken from our hands
You go whichever way; where does the path lead?
You're looking into the year 2020
We walk together under those stars
The same sun and wind, the same footpaths below
A little older, wiser, better, but we remain ourselves
What will happen to us, where are we going?
Time has given and taken from our hands
You go whichever way; where does the path lead?
You're looking into the year 2020
1. I first had "the book before us is almighty time"?2. lit. "onward to where?"