Ai Qing, a modern poem describing plants

1, little blue flower

Xiaolanhua

Driving on a blue hillside

On a purple rock.

Xiaolanhua

Bluer than the clear sky in autumn.

Bluer than sapphire

Xiaolanhua

This is Shan Ye's smile

Lonely and affectionate

In 1956

2. 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 filled with our sadness and anger.

The angry wind blows endlessly.

And the gentle dawn from the forest ...

-Then I died.

Even feathers rot in the ground.

Why do I often cry?

Because I love this land deeply. ...

3. That tree

A tree, a tree

Isolate each other

Wind and air

Tell them the distance

But under the cover of soil,

Their roots have been elongated.

In the unseen depths

They are wrapped around the roots.

1940 Spring