"Four days before the Ch'i-ch'iao Festival, / I boarded the steamship for America. / Time flew like a shooting arrow. / Already, a cool autumn has passed. / Counting on my fingers, several months have elapsed. / Still I am at the beginning of the road. / I have yet to be interrogated. / My heart is nervous with anticipation."
「乞巧少四日，搭輪來美洲。光陰似箭射，又已過涼秋。屈指經數月，尚在此路頭。至今未曾審，懸望心悠悠。」