Ray's original works

With the continuous lightning warning: They are coming!

Every gust of wind spreads the news of arrival: they are coming!

every leaf and branch is pointing away: here they come!

every pair of eyes is longing, but no mouth is trembling: they are coming!

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Over one torn leaf slogan after another, here they come!

Through prison bars after prison, here they come!

Over the fabricated news in one newspaper after another, here they come!

Over the unforgettable pools of blood, here they come!

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Here they come for the choking groan that tore people's hearts and lungs!

they are coming for the terrible struggle of the bottom!

for the roar echoed in countless streets and kangs, they came!

that's the cheers of the spring thunder that broke through the freezing cold: here they come!

—— in Singapore in 1948

(selected from the fifth issue of China New Poetry)