Like a firebird

Liu Xiaobo

 

October 11, 2010 ·

 

When blood shed on the street
When dreams shattered at the crib
When the curtain collapsed
Arms kept at bay, ideas drifted away

...

All you can ask for is to let the spirit fly
All you can do is to keep trying to try
All you want to do is to let it go, all you want is to set it free
Even if it is not your fight

When time stands still
You hold your true, you stand tall
You have no friends, you have no foe
You just hold, hold the will

They built the iron lock, they built the stone wall
There are fences for the road kills
There are coyotes, there are wolves
You just hold, hold the will

Keeping your chin high
Spreading open your wings wide
Like a firebird, like a firefly
Dancing in the darkness, circling in the sky