她擦亮第一根火柴，看见了逝去的祖国；
她擦亮第二根火柴，看见了伟大的理想；
她擦亮第三根火柴，看见了祖国那群怀揣理想的航天事业开拓者们；
她擦亮第四根火柴，看到了久违的暴风雪号。
她害怕火柴熄灭，这些梦幻的事物就会统统消失不见，
就擦亮了一整把火柴，想让它们留在自己身边。
最后她带着微笑死去，
没有人知道她在生前最后一刻看到的美好情景。
【22.3.3-4】

She lighted the first match, see the lost homeland;
She lighted the second match, see the great ideals;
She lighted the third match, see those aerospace pioneers with ideals from the homeland;
She lighted the fourth match, see the long-losting Buran.
She afraided of these dreamy things disappear when the matches go out,
then she lighted a whole bunch of matches and wanted them to stay with her.
She died with a smile at last,
no one knows the beatiful scene she saw at the last moment of her life.
【22.3.3-4】