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I think this translation did a great job in conveying of the emotion/expression of the original text.

One thing that particularly gets me, while could be thought as somewhat lost in translation, is the expression of "掉在地上(fall on the ground)". It is rare to be used when the subject is a human, but rather when the subject is an object.

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> It is rare to be used when the subject is a human, but rather when the subject is an object.

Thank you for that. That really adds to the humanity of the poem that the translation just couldn't possibly.

Ha! Before I came back to reread it that's exactly what I was thinking. Usually it's "摔" for a person who fell.

To use the verb "掉" on a person is unusual, but I think it's exactly the author's point -- that the person is treated like an object.

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