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我爱这土地

作者：艾青

假如我是一只鸟，
我也应该用嘶哑的喉咙歌唱：
这被暴风雨所打击的土地，
这永远汹涌着我们的悲愤的河流，
这无止息地吹刮着的激怒的风，
和那来自林间的无比温柔的黎明……
——然后我死了，
连羽毛也腐烂在土地里面。

为什么我的眼里常含泪水？
因为我对这土地爱得深沉……

——写于一九三八年十一月十七日


I LOVE THE LAND

WR. by Aiqing
TR. by Yuanmei

If I were a bird,
I should also sing with a hoarse voice of:
The land swept by storms,
The river always surging with our woe and wrath,
The wind ceaselessly blowing in fury,
And the very gentle dawn rising from the woods...
-- And then I died,
Even my feathers rotted in the land.

Why are my eyes often filled with tears?
Because I love the land deeply...

(November 17, 1938)