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I will not kneel on the ground
Allowing the executioners to look tall
The better to obstruct the wind of freedom

— Bei Dao The August Sleepwalker (1990)

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Freedom is nothing but the distance
between the hunter and the hunted

The August Sleepwalker (1990)

I am no hero
In an age without heroes
I just want to be a man

The August Sleepwalker (1990)

Many languages fly around the world
producing sparks when they collide
sometimes of hate
sometimes of love

Let me tell you, world,
I—do—not—believe!
If a thousand challengers lie beneath your feet,
Count me as number one thousand and one. I don't believe the sky is blue:
I don't believe in thunder's echoes;
I don't believe that dreams are false:
I don't believe that death has no revenge.

The August Sleepwalker (1990)

a perpetual stranger
am I to the world
I don't understand its language
my silence it can't comprehend

The August Sleepwalker (1990)

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