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 the sand wicker on your back
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 Old Man Yishan Mountain
Until the hands are covered with calluses
Until the blood on the shovel has 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)