| 1 | The devastated old China is gone for ever. | |
| 2 | The days when the overseas Chinese were like orphans are gone forever. | |
| 3 | The era when foreign goods flooded the Chinese market is gone for ever. | |
| 4 | You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? | |
| 5 | But then it went away, and I thought Sarah was gone for good. |