Fish Fossil
Ai Qing
With such agility in your movements,
Such buoyancy in your strength,
You leapt in the foam
And swam in the sea.
Unfortunately, a volcano’s eruption
Or perhaps an earthquake
Cost you
With such agility in your movements,
Such buoyancy in your strength,
You leapt in the foam
And swam in the sea.
Unfortunately, a volcano’s eruption
Or perhaps an earthquake
Cost you
Da Yanhe, is my wet nurse.
Her name is the name of her village where she was born,
She is a childbride,
Da Yanhe, is my wet nurse.
I am a
The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,
But he does not talk my talk–
I cannot feel his mind.
I see the face and the eyes
When the ‘arf-made recruity goes out to the East
‘E acts like a babe an’ ‘e drinks like a beast,
An’ ‘e wonders because ‘e is frequent deceased
Ere ‘e’s
There’s no wind along these seas,
Out oars for Stavenger!
Forward all for Stavenger!
So we must wake the white-ash breeze,
Let fall for Stavenger!
A long pull for Stavenger!
Oh,