From: "Song of Lime" by Yu Qian.
Don’t be afraid of your bones being shattered into pieces, you must leave your innocence in the world
"Song of Lime"
Yu Qian
Hewn with thousands of hammers Deep in the mountains, the fire burns like nothing else.
Don’t be afraid of your bones being shattered into pieces, you must leave your innocence in the world.
Poetry translation: (Limestone) can only be mined from the mountains after thousands of hammerings. It regards the burning of raging fire as a very common thing, and is not afraid even if it is broken into pieces, and is willing to leave its innocence in the world.
Yu Qian has studied hard since he was a child and has great ambitions. It is said that one day, he strolled to a lime kiln and watched the masters calcining lime. I saw piles of blue-black rocks, which turned into white lime after being burned by the raging fire. He was deeply touched, and after a little thought, he chanted the popular poem "Ode of Lime". Therefore, the poem written by 12-year-old Yu Qian is not only a portrayal of the image of lime, but also his pursuit in life. This is a poem that expresses ambition. If it is just a mechanical record of things without conveying the author's deep meaning, it will not be of much value. The value of this poem lies in the use of lime to describe itself everywhere. To chant lime is to praise one's own upright mind and noble personality.