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我的故乡并不美

My beloved hometown is not beautiful

低矮的草房苦涩的井水

Low thatched roofed hut along bitter astringent well water

一条时常干涸的小河

A stripe of creek that often run dry

依恋在小村周围

Surrounding the small villages we depend

一片贫瘠的土地上

On a piece of barren land

收获着微薄的希望
Harvesting the meager hope
 
住了一年又一年

Have lived here year after year

生活了一辈又一辈

And endured lives generation after generation

忙不完的黄土地

The endless work on the yellow land

喝不干的苦井水

Drinks never ending bitter well water

男人为你累弯了腰

Tired men has bent the waist for you

女人也要为你锁愁眉

Women has tiredly look on their brows

离不了的矮草房

To the short thatched roofed hut we can't depart

养活了人的苦井水

And the bitter well water we sustain

住了一年又一年

Have lived here year after year

生活了一辈又一辈

And endured lives generation after generation

哦...哦...故乡,故乡

Oh…Oh…beloved hometown, beloved hometown

亲不够的故乡土

The hometown kisses insufficient local

恋不够的家乡水

Loves the insufficient hometown water

我要用真情和汗水

I to have to use my true love and sweat

把你变成地也肥呀水也美呀

To turn you into fertile land and sweet water

地也肥呀水也美呀

Into fertile land and sweet water

地肥水肥水美
Fertile land and sweet water