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Joan Baez
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MINISTER OF WAR (translated form the Chinese by Arthur Waley)
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Minister of War, we are the king's claws and fangs.
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Why should you roll us on from misery to misery,
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Giving us no place to stop in or take rest?
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Minister of War, we are the king's claws and teeth.
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Why should you roll us from misery to misery,
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Giving us no place to come and stay?
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Minister of War, surely you are not wise.
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Why should you roll us from misery to misery?
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We have mothers who lack food
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