大堰河我的保姆

Author's PrefaceTransparent NightDayanhe - My Wet-NurseParisThe SunCoal's ReplyA SmileThe Land RebomHe Has RisenSnow Falls on China's LandWheelbarrowThe NorthThe Woman Mending ClothesFacing the SunI Love This LandBeggarStreetThe BuglerHe Dies a Second TimeThe Desolate WildsWinter PondTreesCarrying Them InLament for ParisHighwayBoy ReapingOld ManMy FatherA Poem Dedicated to a VillageMao ZedongWords from the SunWild FireThe Announcement ofthe DawnReefOn This Side ofthe WorldVenus， the Morning StarSpringOn a Morning When It SnowsPlateauPresented to UlanovaHope

The poet who named himself Ai Qing had been writing poetry for half a century； but in the period of productivity， a break of some twenty years occurred. He first made his mark with a collection published in 1936，when he was 26 years old. He had been making his poetries published until the year of 1957.　　The poetry of Ai Qing is about time-honored themes： a beggar woman by the side of the road； the selfless love and devotion of a hired wet-nurse； the sense of desolation that accompanies a heavy snowfall-particularly with the associations of death in the color white for the Chinese.