The full text of the original poem is as follows:

"Song of Water - Swimming"

Author: Mao Zedong

It was only when I drank the water of Changsha,

that I ate the Wuchang fish again.

The Yangtze River is crossed by 10,000 miles,

and the sky of Chutian is comfortable in my eyes.

No matter what the winds and waves do,

It is better than walking leisurely,

Today I have a wide margin.

The son on the river said:

The dead are like the living!

The wind and the boom are moving,

the turtle and the snake are quiet,

and the ambition is rising.

One bridge flies between the north and the south,

The moat valley has been changed into a thoroughfare.

What's more, the stone wall of the West River is standing up,

cutting off the clouds and rain of Wushan Mountain,

and the high gorges are coming out of the Pinghu Lake.

The goddess should be unhurt,

when the world is shocked.