But when the procession had just left the city walls, a gust of wind carried the sound of weeping-- "Oh, oh; oh, oh" --to her ears. The voice seemed familiar, but when Crescent Moon listened harder she heard nothing. She thought this was very curious, and suddenly she overheard the palanquin bearers chatting: "Oh, the strangest things happen, isn't that dune there weeping?"
剛出城不遠，一陣風兒吹來，傳來了一陣「嗚嗚﹘嗚嗚」的哭聲，月牙兒聽得這聲音好耳熟，再仔細聽，又聽不到了，她感到十分奇怪，忽聽轎伕在談話：「唉，現在什麼怪事都有，你瞧這沙山也會哭？」