MY COUNTRY
by Dorothy McKellar
 
Wo3 di zu3 guo3
[1st stanza of an Australian poem with a Chinese translation in pinyin]
 
 
 
I love a sunburned country,
 
Wo3 ai4 lie4 pu3 zhao4 de guo2 jia1,
 
A land of sweeping plains,
 
Ta1 you3 ping2 yuang2 wu2 ji4,
 
Of rugged mountain ranges,
 
Ta1 you3 shan1 luan2 qi3 fu2,
 
Of droughts and flooding rains.
 
Ta1 you3 gan1 han4 he2 gang2 shui3 jiao1 die2.
 
I love her far horizons,
 
Wo3 ai4 ta1 guang1 yuan3 de di4 ping2 xian4,
 
I love her jeweled seas,
 
Wo3 ai4 ta1 shen1 shui1 ban1 de hai3 yang2,
 
Her beauty and her terror,
 
Ta1 de mai3 li4, ta1 de jing1 kong3,
 
The sunburned land for me.
 
Wo3 de1 lie4 ri4 pu3 zhao4 de tu3 di4.