The day I leave home, get on the train
And go to the training base

When I bow down to my parents
And step out the front door

Something like sadness
Remains in my heart but

A blade of grass, friends’ faces
Everything is so new

It’s a new beginning now
Oh my life of youth

Friends, when I go to the army
Please write me a letter

I won’t forget the fun days
I had with you all

When the train time gets near
My hands became hot

When the train whistles get farther
Appearances grow smaller

It’s a new beginning now
Oh my life of youth

My shortly cut hair
At first it was funny

But when I saw myself in the mirror
Even my heart gets hardened

I wonder if I can see my village
As we climb up the hill

When the trumpet sounds ring softly
In the night sky

Please send a private’s letter
After carefully folding it up