13.A Leek in an Abandoned Garden

(Sung by Women)

To answer your question,

I am my mother’s only child.

Like the only fruit of a milk fruit tree,

Like the single nut of a chestnut tree,

Like the last cabbage in a parched field,

Like a lone leek left in an abandoned vegetable garden,

Who is left for a lonely girl like me?

As a single person,I am reticent to speak to you,

As one passed over,I don’t dare to talk to you,

I blush when even when speak to you,

I’m ashamed to be speaking with you.