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第3章 My Tribesmen Conversing on the Element of Fire

To us you have given blood and land

You are more ancient than the ancient history of man;

To us you have brought apocalypse and solace

Exposing our descendants to the true looks of our ancestors

Through the veil of fatal uncertainties;

You bless us with affection and bestow caresses on life

Making us feel nature's grace and understand nature's benevolence;

Our dignity you safeguard

From the harms of hostile people

You are the taboo, the vocation and the vision

Creating a source of boundless joy

And allowing us to sing to our heart's content;

When we bid farewell to this world

In your eyes can be discerned no trace of grief

But you would silently clad the soul of every one of us

With a costume of eternity

Consuming all our earthly wealth and poverty