我欲哀愁 (8/1989) I wish to be sad (5/2021)

大偉

我欲哀愁   本帖最後由 大偉 於 2014-3-9 17:27 編輯     (寫於1989年8月?)      我欲哀愁   於無止境的無自由   仍留守   哀傷的夜晚      石階崩處   坦克軋紋   火斑彈孔   水漬血痕      我欲哀愁   於無止境的無自由   走到走到   空空的天安門廣場   那裡四周的紅旗正在飄揚      那無月的夜   那樹影下的魔鬼   那鎗聲火花和火光   那隱然還充滿著的   呼喊和嗚哀

I wish to be sad

(The original Chines poem was written around August ?1989, here the English version completed in May 2021)

(In remembrance of those people in peaceful struggle for freedom and democracy of China)

I wish to be sad

in this endless state of freedom-less

yet still left here to keep

this sorrowful night

The ruptured stone steps

track lines of tanks

the fire specks       bullet holes

water stains and       blood marks

I wish to be sad

in this endless state of freedom-less

walk and walk into

the empty Tien-amen Square

around there       the red flags are fluttering

That moonless night

those devils under the shadows of trees

those sound of gun      sparks and firelight

those invisible      still filling the air

cries and moans