Off stage, Tsai is as courageous as the petrel in the poem. After her husband was exiled, she was imprisoned for two years. Upon release, she went on to raise her son by herself while going full steam pursuing her dance career.
舞台下的蔡瑞月也如詩中的海燕一般勇敢，歷經新婚夫婿被逐出境，自己被囚兩年後，獨力扶養獨子長大，同時她的舞鞋不曾擱置。