To My Mother by Li Shaoshi ~ 李少石 《寄母》 with English Translations

作品原文

李少石 《寄母》

赴义争能计养亲？时危难作两全身。
望将今日思儿泪，留哭明朝无国人。

英文译文

To My Mother
Li Shaoshi

To a righteous cause exclusively
Dedicated, how, too, can I
Contrive my parent’s maintenance?
In a crisis, no tolerance
Between the incompatible two!
I wish the tears you shed today
For sadly missing your dear son’s
Be saved up for a people who
Tomorrow’d he be without a country!