Text/Li Banfeng
If I were a fish.
In a fast-flowing river
If I'm old enough
Have a strong body drive, and
A sharp blade
Can cut rivers.
Then I'm willing to-go upstream.
The influence of cutting the river
Through the rocks that stand in the way on both sides.
If I were a fish.
In a fast-flowing river
If I'm weak,
Without strength, there is no wisdom.
Then I can only choose to go with the flow
In the direction of being forced to advance
Gradually washed away by the rapids.
Gradually degenerate into sediment
(The original text was published in Northwest Poets, No.30, No.8)