1 Poem by Lü Yuan

Poets

Some poets are slave-poets

Who sing the secrecy of tribulation

And sigh with songs

Their poems are brambles

Which cannot be placed into the vase

Some poets are soldier-poets

Who sing the triumph of truth

And shoot with songs

Their poems are blood

Which cannot be poured into the goblet

1949

诗人

有奴隶诗人

他唱苦难的秘密

他用歌叹息

他的诗是荆棘

不能插在花瓶里

有战士诗人

他唱真理的胜利

他用歌射击

他的诗是血液

不能倒在酒杯里

1949年

  

About the author:

Lü Yuan (1922—2009), his original name was Liu Renfu, and he has ever adopted the pen name of Liu Banjiu. His ancestral place is Huangpo of Hubei Province. In 1942, when he was pursuing his studies at Fudan University in Chongqing, he co-edited the poetry magazine of Poetry Land for Cultivation together with Zou Difan, Zeng Zhuo, etc. After 1949, he has successively been director of International Publicity Sector of the National Ministry of Publicity of the Communist Party of China, and vice chief editor of the People’s Literature Publishing House, etc. His main works include poem collections such as Fairy Tales, Mortal Poems, Sequel to Mortal Poems, Another Song, Self-selected Poems of Lü Yuan, and many translated works.

                                                        （Tr. by Zhang Zhizhong）

作者简介：

绿原（1922—2009），原名刘仁甫，曾用笔名刘半九，湖北省黄陂县人。1942年在重庆复旦大学求学期间，与邹荻帆、曾卓等人合编《诗垦地》诗刊。1949年后，历任中共中央宣传部国际宣传处组长、人民文学出版社副总编辑等职。主要作品有：诗集《童话》、《人之诗》、《人之诗续编》、《另一只歌》、《绿原自选诗》及译著多种。