Everywhere the erhu all about the street  oh the whole street singing.

Everywhere the peddlers all about the street  the great big sky.

Everywhere the daughters all about the street  each one named Jade Orchid.

Everywhere the aunties all about the street  all with eager faces.

Everywhere good people all about the street  but this isn’t heaven.

Each and every bad man  always ends up lonely.

On each head of each believer  a little white cap.

The nonbelievers sneak off too  with their bowls in hand.

Everywhere little birds all about the city  hungering for mutton.

Thirty thousand lambs and lambs  stampeding to the city.

When the donkeys see it  they break out in cold sweat.

Streams of donkey piss  trickling down the street.

So if you pee in public  you descend from donkeys,

Just like if you are insolent  you were raised by horses.

But the deceitful and the harmful  what about them?

I say they must have grown up  in a pack of mules.

Boys and girls hold hands  they’re wearing faded colors.

The drinking and the swearing  are ancestral tradition.

Each and every Audi A6  is driving to the Han Dynasty.

Newly produced old tricycles  come with electric motors.

All the dazzling sunlight  all the driving rain,

Chives and sandy scallion  all a vigorous green.

The pigheaded Yellow River  never looks back.

If you’re feeling happy kid  then open your mouth and howl.

Open your mouth and howl kid  if you aren’t happy.

You won’t be depressed kid  living without a heart.

Mahjong games throughout the city  suddenly break out.

The next generation on the street  can never get enough.

                                                                                 August 19, 2014