China's Sorrow lyrics

The Yellow River streaks beyond

The frontiers of China consistently

She cannot be tamed so very easily

And her vengeance plainly seen so

Her presence seen in all that is

From the heavy rains come deluge

That stirs the sifting soil to soot

Her colour is the land she bears upon

She washes away lives in her wake

Unaware of those who e'er near

Massive amounts of earth carry on

To benefit or to bring a horrid end

But in the dry times drought comes

An extreme that too brings famine

Like a moody mistress unkempt

She holds no mercy for her man

She is China's Sorrow sourly scorned

And humanity bears her scars there

Those that they have self wrought

By treating her mother earth so

What is green will hold the land

What is yellow will come clear

What is parched white can breathe

What is starved will rebound 'gain

The air was filled with dust

The water too, filled with soot

The land without soil, infertile

Can once again be China's Sorrow