Stars (星星)
Xiao Qiang (萧强)
That night, I was so tired.
Once asleep, I didn’t wake.
When the tanks came grinding past the tents,
I was still in the midst of the sweetest dreams.
Our flesh was cleft in the freezing tracks,
blood seeping by inches into the slabs;
Our youth
Sprang up with the roaring flames.
We watch yet over the square,
The brightest stars of dawn.
本诗原载“北京诗笺”
