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It's Time
The writer and dissident Zhu Yufu was indicted in China on or about January 17 on charges of subversion after the authorities found this poem to be a slander of the state. It appears here in translation by Andrew E.Clark.
It’s time, people of China! It’s time.
The Square belongs to everyone.
With your own two feet
It’s time to head to the Square and make your choice.
It’s time, people of China! It’s time.
A song belongs to everyone.
From your own throat
It’s time to voice the song in your heart.
It’s time, people of China! It’s time.
China belongs to everyone.
Of your own will
It’s time to choose what China shall be.
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