Som alla barn lste jag sagor,
och jag lskade dom ifrn Kina;
Jag tyckte dom var s exotiska och erotiska.
Dom frammana' bilder av sknhet,
dom frmedlade dofter och smaker,
och namnen p platser och mnniskor dr var s vackra.
Och det vackraste namnet av alla
var Den Himmelska Fridens Torg.
S lste jag Kinas historia,
om dess kejsare och dynastier,
om dess tnkare och filosofer och despoter.
Och jag blndades av denna kunskap,
denna strvan efter frfining
som, nr andra kulturer fick bja sej, kunde hja sej.
Och symbolen fr denne frfining
blev Den Himmelska Fridens Torg.
Men framstegen byggdes p trldom,
fr flertalet levde i armod;
Bara ftalet fick kultivera sej och beleva sej.
Detta fdde Den Vldiga Striden
mellan herrarna och deras trlar.
Och i spetsen fr massorna gick dr en son till en bonde.
Och han svor att en dag skulle segern
n Den Himmelska Fridens Torg.
Och Solen gick upp ver Kina,
Den Nya Tiden var inne.
Och domsom var vana att foga sej kunde skola sej.
Fr ingen var mer n n'n annan,
och alla var till fr varandra.
Och folket och ledarna talade om samma framtid
nr dom rligen firade segern
p Den Himmelska Fridens Torg.
Men tiderna ndrades ter,
snart var man tillbaks vid det gamla,
fr dom ldriga ledarna fjrmade sej ifrn folket.
Men dom unga, som lrt sej att tnka
och tala och lsa och skriva,
gick ut, som dom lrt sej, och pminde m alla lften.
Men lftena drnktes i blodet
p Den Himmelska Fridens Torg.
Jag sitter och blddrar i sagor
som jag lste nr livet var enkelt,
d prinsessor var vackra och kungar var kloka och goda.
Och jag ser upp mot stjrnan i ster,
och jag upptcker att den har slocknat;
Jag frstr den s vl, det finns ingenting mer den vill lysa p.
Fr det rder ett isande mrker
p Den Himmelska Fridens Torg.
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