The Rape of Nanking

The traces of war have evaporated,
Luxurious buildings springing up in their place.
Nanking's new visage secretly sickens my heart.
The bandits of the Eastern Sea who came a thousand li to ravage the city,
Who chopped off heads, buried bodies, and raped our weak women,
Are the same shameless ones who have tampered with the history books.
Three hundred thousand wronged souls surround Japan,
Wanting only to report the facts around the world:
Their blood has not dried in sixty years.

Poem composed by Joseph Lo
English translation by Bernard Cleary