Knows no precedent nor rivalry!
Of Heaven I’d almost inquire:
Hast Thou a cataract in the eye?
For Shi and Lo (3) I feel but dire
Grief, can only hot, hot tears cry!
(1) Kuomingtang gaolers used to wear black uniforms.
(2) The Kuomingtang had a motto: “In order to combat enemies abroad, we must first suppresssthose at home”. The actual emphasis was naturally put on the latter objective, and the formerbecame a sheer deception.
(3) Shi (Shi Yi, assumed name of Deng Zhongxia, a prominent leader of the C.C.P. in its earlierperiod) and Luo (Luo Dengxian) were arrested about the same time of Tao’s imprisonment. Thenews of their martyrdom reached Tao not long afterwards.
（王知还 译）
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