Please don't leave

Please don't leave.

(Txhob Ncaim)

A Hmong song.

Even though I smile on the outside,

Inside my heart I cry, please don't leave.

I want us to stay together forever,

Like the sun and the moon.

My heart is rushing and broken,

Like a wild river,

My heart, my feelings, are like the moving clouds,

Always changing, with no place to rest.

My beloved, is there any day, or any way,

That we will meet again?

Will our separation be for days?

Or will it be for months?

Please, let us meet again before we die.

Wherever you go,

I hope you have a happy life,

Free of sorrow.

No matter what happens,

I will miss you forever.