MCLC: poem on Zhou Yongkang

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Martin <dujuan99 at gmail.com>
Subject: poem on Zhou Yongkang
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Here's a poem I translated by Li Yunqi about Zhou Yongkang.

Recently I translated another poem called LONG LIVE CHAIRMAN MAO, by Zhao
Siyun: http://banianerguotoukeyihe.com/2014/07/22/long-live-chair-man-mao/
<http://banianerguotoukeyihe.com/2014/07/22/long-live-chair-man-mao/>

Martin

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Source: Li Yunqi's Sina Blog (3/6/14), reblogged on my Sina Blog:
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_68d111990102uxzq.html
Also on my Wordpress Blog:
http://banianerguotoukeyihe.com/2014/07/31/leader-how-come-you-became-a-cri
minal/

Li Yunqi
LEADER, HOW COME YOU BECAME A CRIMINAL MONSTER?
— surprised to see security chief Zhou Yongkang reduced to a prisoner

For a long time, you were our leader.
On the chairman’s pedestal,
you stood tall and strong.
On the TV screen,
your vigor was shining.
Your voice carried strength,
you were sound as a bell.
You fought against crime,
you were unforgiving.
When you held the reins,
to protect law and justice for our nation,
every man on the street stood behind you.

Now I know, you became a criminal
only because you lost your power.
If you were still up in control,
no-one could do nothing,
no-one would ever dare raise his voice.
Every ounce of a doubt
would have been slander.
Every one not behind you
would be against you.
Each one resisting
would be a traitor.

When you were up and running,
who gave you the highest place at the top?
And when you lost power,
who made you a stinking criminal monster?
Black and white, right and wrong,
Great leader and criminal,
it was all very sudden.

If you held onto crime and controlled justice,
should I believe fairness rules in society?
If greed led you all the way to the peaks,
should I believe in a value system?
How about people judged criminals by the criminal,
are they endangering our nation?

How long will it take till we won’t hear any lie in the media?
How long until power isn’t a wrestling driven by greed?
When will it be that my hand,
a small helpless hand,
becomes a shield to cut off crime when it spreads?

Posted March 6th, 2014
Tr. MW, July 2014