Ai Qing
If I were a bird,
I should also/with a hoarse throat/sing:
This storm/this land,
This is always surging/our sadness/river,
This constant/blowing/annoying/wind,
And the/very gentle/dawn from the forest. ...
Then/I died,
Even the feathers have rotted underground.
Why/my eyes/often contain tears?
Because I/deeply love this land …
This poem was written by Ai Qing, a famous patriotic poet, on 19381month 17.
English
If I were a bird.
I should sing with my hoarse throat.
The land that is being hit by the storm
This river is always full of our anger.
A wind that blows fiercely forever
And the tenderest dawn from the forest ...
After that, I died.
Feathers rot in the soil.
Why are tears always in my eyes?
That's because I love this land so much.
-This poem was written by Ai Qing, a famous patriotic poet, in 171month 1938.