Soul Of A Sparrow
- To all prisoners of conscience
A song written in Chinese, as shown in the image, by Mr XU Lin (徐琳),
a prisoner of conscience, who still is in prison at time of this writing!
Translated by Yiyan Han (c), 2020-10-24
I've got the soul of a little sparrow
Who knows its goal
Though it couldn't highly soar
It always hops and takes wing
And only pauses when the rainstorm is raw
I want to fly over the mountains and wilderness
To find where the sky is free
I want to fly over the rivers and trees
To seek sincere and loving friends
And to be with my soulmates
I've got the spirit of a tough sparrow
Who has a strong and unrelenting soul
Though its body is weak and small
It's always ready to shed the last drop of blood
And would rather die than be tamed
I want to fly over the mountains and wilderness
To find where the sky is free
I want to fly over the rivers and trees
To seek sincere and loving friends
And to be with my soulmates
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Comments
Freedom, a cherished common bond of nations !
A stunning and beautiful.write that conveys much more in feeling than the written words ever could...welcome ...??
Aww so sad, the yearning really comes through within the words!
Thanks for sharing
So lovely, I felt like I was a flying sparrow while reading.
Many thanks, and your poetry is flying with you! :)
Thought to go back to where it all started and well worth the journey and wasn't disappointed.
For birds in poems convey many meanings and themes and this one (you) I believe will take flight and to be finally rewarded in what is sought.
It all comes good, it just takes time and sometimes a lot sooner than later Yihan.
Sadly, Mr XU, the author of the poem, has been recently arrested again by the Chinese police, for the-CCP-said-so reasons!