Don't be afraid of being crushed to pieces, leaving innocence in the world.
Lyrics of lime
Yu Qian
It can only be extracted from the deep mountains after being struck by thousands of hammers. It regards the burning of the burning fire as a very common thing.
I am not afraid of being crushed to pieces, but I want to leave my innocence in the world.
Poetry translation: (Limestone) can only be mined from the deep mountains after tens of millions of hammering. It regards the burning of blazing fire as a very common thing, even if it is smashed into pieces, it is not afraid, and it is willing to leave its innocence in the world.
Yu Qian studied hard since childhood and was ambitious. According to legend, one day, he wandered into a lime kiln and watched the master sing and ask people to calcine lime. I saw piles of blue-black rocks, which were burned by the raging fire and turned into white lime. He was deeply moved, and after a little thinking, he sang the well-known poem Ode to Lyme. Therefore, this poem written by Yu Qian at the age of 12 is not only a portrayal of lime image, but also his pursuit of life. This is a poem based on objects. If it is only a mechanical record of things without the deep meaning of the author, it is of little value. The value of this poem lies in the metaphor that lime is everywhere, and reciting lime is to praise a person's open mind and lofty personality.