Snow Falls on the Chinese Land
By Ai Qing
Snow falls on the Chinese land:
Cold blockades China....
Like an old woman with many grievances, the wind
Closely follows behind,
Stretches out her claws,
Tugs at clothes of passing people,
Her words as old as the earth,
Complaining, never ceasing....
From the woods,
Driving their carts,
Come the peasants of China,
Wearing their fur caps,
Braving the snow -- Where do they want to go?
I tell you, I too
Am a descendant of peasants.
From your carved face
So deeply etched with pain,
I can understand,
Understand so profoundly,
The hard years
Of people living on the plains.
No, I am not happier than you.
Lying in the river of time,
Often the waves of woe
Have entirely submerged me.
In wandering and in prison cells
I spent my very precious youth,
My life
Like yours
Has been seared.
Snow falls on the Chinese land:
Cold blockades China....
Along the river in a snowy night
A small oil lamp drifts slowly
In a decrepit boat with a black cover.
Who sits there,
Facing the lamp and hanging her head?
O you
Dishevelled and dirty-faced young woman,
Is it that your warm house,
A warm and happy nest,
Has been burnt out by the invader?
Is it that on a night like this
You lost your husband's protection
And in terror of death were tortured
And humiliated by the enemy's bayonets?
On such a cold night as this
Numerous old mothers
Crouch in homes not theirs,
Like strangers
Not knowing
Where tomorrow's wheels will take them....
The roads of China
Are so rugged
And muddy.
Snow falls on the Chinese land:
Cold blockades China....
Throughout the snowy plains in the long night
Are lands bitten by the beacons of war.
Countless toilers on the land
Have lost the cattle they fed,
Have lost their fertile fields
And are crowded together
In the dirty lanes of despair.
Facing the dark sky,
The hungry land holds out shivering hands
Begging for succour.
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