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Island 107

番奴狠毒不可當
倚仗蠻強虐我唐
大眾同胞遭至此
猶如罪犯鎖監房

The barbarians' cruelty is overwhelming.
Confident of their might, they oppress us Chinese.
All our compatriots meet with such treatment.
It is as if we were criminals locked in a jail cell.

Listen to the poem in Cantonese ⏯

Translations:
Lai, H. Mark, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung, eds. Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940. Second edition. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2014.