谭嗣同·《有感一章》英译

世间无物抵春愁，合向仓暝一哭休。

四万万人齐下泪，天涯何处是神州！

Lines Composed in Reflection

Tan Sitong

[Written by a martyr of the Reform Movement of 1898, after China’s defeat by Japan in 1895]

What can show this spring sadness, my sadness?

Oh Heaven, Heaven!

Only tears can drown it.

Ah, eight hundred million eyes are wet!

Where is China, now, on the map?