Sigh Of Sorrow Poem by Yiyan Han

Jumping into the river, QU Yuan committed suicide, (1)
Being the despair of the henchmen indeed!
Due to illness, LU Xun died, otherwise (2)
Had he shut up or been arrested like criminals?
Not easy to judge their right or wrong
As they passed away long and gone.
Yet in the today's autocratic state,
Few men are able to stand up straight

O those great heroes in the Republic
Glory to China, at their time, was brought!
O the father of ROC, Dr SUN Yat-sen (3)
A new page opened in an ancient book!
O the late president CHIANG Kai-shek
In the Second World War, China was led to win!
O Mr CHIANG Ching-kuo
For freedom and democracy, a bridge has been built!

"I don't have enemy", said a famous man
Why had he still been brutally murdered then?
On the 4th Day of June, Nineteen Eighty Nine
To show the world, both the angels and devils came.
The '709' human rights lawyers and their families
In the Mainland, stand up brave citizens.
Mr GAO Zhisheng, human rights attorney,
The dissident, one of the spiritual leaders in the modern day

May the words, made of the God given block characters
Force the red devils to surrender, and expel the demons!
May the voice of fairness and justice
Loud and clear, be sung by all citizens!
May God's eternal love be forever running
In the Yellow River and the Yangtze!



Note: The following information may be easily found from Wikipedia.
(1)QU Yuan, a famous poet, c. 340 - 278 BC
(2)LU Xun, a well-known writer,25 September 1881 - 19 October 1936
(3)ROC, the Republic of China, then the whole China but today's Taiwan


By Yiyan Han(c)
2017-11-15 (Last modified 2017-12-21)