But you are silent and you don’t even sigh. Selected from "Fish Fossils" in Ai Qing's "Selected Poems of Ai Qing".
This sentence comes from the fish fossil selected by Ai Qing in his poem. The complete sentence is, But you are silent, you don’t even sigh, your scales and fins are complete, but you can’t move. First of all, the poem depicts a vivid image of the symbolic fish fossil. It was once a lively creature.
Introduction to the work:
"Fish Fossils" is a new poem written by the modern poet Ai Qing in 1978. It is a unique song sung by the poet Ai Qing after his "return". As a poem about objects, it expresses the feeling of paying tribute and mourning for the lost life by describing the bloody fact that a creature was buried in the dust for no reason. The whole poem is evenly divided into verses, the verses are harmonious, the lyricism is natural, and the language has a simple beauty.