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3. 张咏梅 诗歌《西沙之战》


Ah, Hsisha,
Fair and fertile
Yet brave and martial
As the sentry posts
Guarding these strategic straits
You stand sentinel between the clouds and waves.

From of old the Hsisha Islands have been our territorial waters,
These islands are covered with our forefathers' footprints;
Countless generations
Of fishermen cast their nets here;
The fleets of countless dynasties
Moored in their bays;
Here are old Chinese stone inscriptions,
Graves of our forebears,
Antique coins of the Yung Lo period,
Ming blue and white porcelains,
A host of cultural relics, historical sites,
Firm proof of China's sovereignty over these islands...

For these "thousand li sands,
Ten thansand li creeks"
In old Chinese folk songs
Are part and parcel of our motherland.
Hsisha, Nansha
Chungsha, Tungsha...

—— Chang Yung-mei, Battle for the Hsisha Archipelago (Report in Verse)
Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1975
 


 

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