It said that it was once a tree

From a very, very far away past

It said it had seen dinosaurs running

I’ve seen what this place used to be like as a forest

It thought it would sleep until the end of the world

I thought I would never see the sun again

The old tree in the desert laughed

Looking down at your feet

I don’t know where the ugly stone came from

Why dare you be so arrogant

Laoshu has never seen a dinosaur before

I don’t believe that this place where the wind blows up the yellow sand was once a paradise for animals

The old tree has seen the accumulation of sand forming a tower

Also watched Water Drops Through Stone

Danced with the wind

Also sleep with the snow

I don’t believe that flowers will bloom here and the forests will be dyed

Until they built Liuba Nunnery

Carry up the sand wicker

Carry the bucket and shovel

I shed tears and sweated

One job after another

One generation follows the other and learns

Continue to do it one after another

Although it is not more difficult than Jingwei reclamation

But it can be compared with Yu Gong Yishan Mountain

Until the hands are covered with calluses

Until the blood on the shovel has long dried up

Until there is no longer a sky full of yellow sand

Until I no longer eat steamed buns in the wind

The old tree is right there

Looking at all this

Looking at those girls like weaver girls in the sky

Draw an oasis

The old tree remembered that humble thing

Later

The old tree looks at the tall buildings towering into one piece

Looking at the thousands of lights like stars

Finally remembered that day an ugly stone rolled under my feet

It says it’s called coal

Traveled from hundreds of millions of years ago

The old tree finally believed what it said

(Hanjiawan Coal Company Zhang Shurui)