Chapter 21 "I Come to the Yangtze River to Buy a Lotus Pod"
"I Come to the Yangtze River to Buy a Lotus Pod"
I came to the Yangtze River to buy a lotus;
Peel off layers of lotus clothes by hand,
Watching Jiangou flying in front of your eyes,
Holding back a tear--
I'm thinking of you, I'm thinking of you, Xiaolong! ②
I tasted the lotus flesh, reminiscing about the tenderness of the past:——
The unrolled heavy curtain before the steps,
Covering the love of the same heart ③:
I listened to your words again,
"Forever yours, my body, my soul."
I taste the lotus heart, my heart is bitterer than the lotus heart;
I've been dazed all night,
unbreakable nightmare,
Who knows my pain?
You killed me, love, how can I live this day?
But I can't blame you, I can't bear to guess you change,
My heart is just soft:④
you are mine!I am still
Hug you tightly—⑤
Unless it's an upside-down—⑥
But who can imagine that day? ⑦
① This poem first appeared in "Zhimo's Diary Aimei Xiaozha" on September 9, 1925.
② "Dragon" was "red" when it was published.
③In the diary, "concentric" means "elimination of soul".
④ There is no ":" here in the diary.
⑤ "—" in the diary is ";".
⑥ "—" in the diary is ",".
⑦ This sentence in the diary is "But I can't imagine that day!"