Original text:
I love this land
If I were a bird,
I should also sing with a hoarse throat:
This land hit by the storm,
This river is always surging with our grief and indignation,
This irritating wind blowing endlessly,
and that from the forest.
why do I often have tears in my eyes?
Because I love this land deeply ...
Extended information:
The poem "I Love this Land" was written in 1938 after the beginning of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. At that time, the Japanese aggressor troops successively occupied vast areas of North China, East China and South China, and they went wild everywhere in an attempt to destroy the resistance of the people of China.
The people of China rose up to resist and waged an indomitable struggle. The poet wrote this impassioned poem with great love for the motherland and hatred for the invaders at the critical moment of the country's decline and national peril.
The sun and the land are two concepts that can best summarize the characteristics of Ai Qing's poems. The poet's ardent pursuit of light, ideal and a better life is often expressed by the image of the sun. Ai Qing seems to be a Kuafu, pursuing the sun, light and ideal until his death. On the other hand, the land connected with the poet's blood is also an attachment that she can't give up all her life.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-I love this land.