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I rode alone on the winds.

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Don't tell me women

aren't made of the stuff of heroes,

I rode alone on the winds

to the East Sea for 300,000 miles.

My poetic thoughts then spread out,

like a sail between the ocean and the sky.

I dreamed of your three islands,

all gems, all shining in the moonlight.

I am saddened to think of the bronze camels,

guardians of China, lost in thorns.

 

Ashamed, I have done nothing;

no victory to my name.

I only made my warhorse sweat.

Contracted because my homeland

hurts my heart.

So tell me;

how can I make the most of my days here?

A guest enjoying the spring breezes?

QIU JIN (Fujian, China, 1875 – 1907)

 

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Uploaded on October 3, 2025