東方之珠 [Dōng fāng zhī zhū] [English translation]

The small meandering flows southward

Running to Hong Kong to have a look

Pearl of the Orient, my lover

Is your graceful bearing still so romantic?

The crescent shines over the harbor

Lights glitter at deep night

Pearl of the Orient, sleepless all through the night

Keeping the ancient oath of the variable era

Blown against by sea breeze for five millennia

Each teardrop seems to declare your dignity

May the tides with me bless you

Never forget my constant yellow face

The ship's bending to the harbor

Looking back to the endless sea

Pearl of the Orient, embrace me

Let me warm your stone-cold bosom