Tiger Or Lamb Poem by Feipeng Shang

Translated by Yiyan HAN (c)
2008-01-13 (last modified 2017-10-30)


The June's sun, whose apathy
Do you want to burn? In the unbounded blue sky
Which direction will you fly?

On top of the Bank of China building
The national flag can't fly, like a flame sculpture
'Cause there are neither wings roaring past nor wind

Airplanes crash and trains collide
The inevitable happens at random
Events oceans away are closely related to us

The rich are still rich, and beggars are still beggars
They all live under the same sky. The leader and the poor
Must make a unique choice between the two

The cash van guard points his gun
At every one passing by
'Cause everyone is a suspect before a robbery occurs

The hidden danger is floating in the air
The catastrophe can happen any time, anywhere
One must walk on the side of road
And don't talk to or argue with strangers

When running away from the scene, with sympathy
Please straighten the grass being walked on and insulted
Never forget to kiss wild flowers on road side

A tangled warfare brings the century's chaos, and makes
People rotten inside. Silence finally opens its mouth
And the dead speaks, using its chest to shield flying bullets

Win or loss is difficult to guess
Snow comes, after the autumn's wind
Who will survive, a tiger or lamb on the grassland?