Poem
Yao Feng
Conquerors
Among those who climbed Mount Everestquite a few died halfway up
The survivors ascended the summit
Facing the lens, they waved a flag
let the whole world know
their conquest of the world’s first peak
The lens only left out the Sherpas
standing silently in a corner there
They were porters, not counted as conquerors
Pay them two thousand US dollars
and they would help any conqueror
conquer Chomolungma
© Translation: 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
CONQUERORS
© 2009, Yao Feng
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Conquerors
Among those who climbed Mount Everestquite a few died halfway up
The survivors ascended the summit
Facing the lens, they waved a flag
let the whole world know
their conquest of the world’s first peak
The lens only left out the Sherpas
standing silently in a corner there
They were porters, not counted as conquerors
Pay them two thousand US dollars
and they would help any conqueror
conquer Chomolungma
© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
Conquerors
Among those who climbed Mount Everestquite a few died halfway up
The survivors ascended the summit
Facing the lens, they waved a flag
let the whole world know
their conquest of the world’s first peak
The lens only left out the Sherpas
standing silently in a corner there
They were porters, not counted as conquerors
Pay them two thousand US dollars
and they would help any conqueror
conquer Chomolungma
© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
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