The song describes a daughter separated from her mother; the daughter spends her days searching for her lost parent. Teng was at that time only 17, and her life was far removed from such tragedy, so she had little understanding of the vicissitudes and tribulations of life. When she first tried singing the song she was smiling.
這首描述與母親失散的女兒，天涯海角尋親的歌曲，離年僅十六歲的鄧麗君的生活閱歷太遠，不解人世滄桑悲歡的她，剛開始唱時還咯咯笑了出來。