Old cobblestone road through Nanning.

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Toward Nanning

Ho Chi Minh 1890-1969 Iron chains and shackles         replace soft hemp cords, With every step         sound of clanking metal. Although I'm suspected         of being a spy, I rather look like         a decorated official!

Wáng Nánníng

Hú Zhìmíng 1890-1969 Tié shéng yìng tì máshéng ruǎn, Bùbù dingdang huánpèi shēng. Suīshì xiányí jiàndie fàn, Yíróng què xiàng jiù gōngqīng.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: Nanning is across the border from Vietnam in China's Guangxi Province. Ho Chi Minh spent thirty years of his life as an exiled revolutionary, in France, China and elsewhere. At one point he was imprisoned in Nanning.

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