My tears won't be for weeping anymore
My smile will no longer be an act
Your freedom belongs to heavan and earth
Your courage belongs to you

I've got no money, got no place, all I have is the past
I've said a lot, thought a lot, and I have less and less of an idea
I'm not pitiful, and I'm not hateful, because I'm not you
I understand abandonment, and understand irresponsibility
But I've got no way to leave

My endurance won't be put to hard labor again
My sincerity won't be paid in tears anymore
My strength won't be in hypocrisy again
My tenderness won't be repented anymore

My freedom belongs to heaven and earth
My courage belongs to me

© Words and music by Cui Jian, from Rock and Roll on the New Long March (Xin changzheng lushang de yaogun)
Translation by Andrew Jones, 1992.