祖国啊，我亲爱的祖国
文/舒婷Motherland, My Dear MotherlandWritten by Shu Ting
Motherland, My Dear Motherland
Written by Shu Ting
我是你
河边上破旧的老水车，
数百年来纺着疲惫的歌；I am your dilapidated old waterwheel by the river,Spinning weary songs for hundreds of years;
I am your
dilapidated old waterwheel
by the river,
Spinning weary songs
for hundreds of years;
额上熏黑的矿灯，
照你在历史的隧洞里
蜗行摸索I am the blackened miner's lamp on your forehead,Follow you as you crawl through the tunnel of history
I am the blackened miner's lamp
on your forehead,
Follow you as you crawl
through the tunnel of history
是淤滩上的驳船
把纤绳深深
勒进你的肩膊，
——祖国啊！
I am
a shriveled ear of rice
and a roadbed in disrepair;
It's a barge on the silt
Deepen the rope
into your shoulders,
——Motherland!
我是贫困，
我是悲哀。
I am poor,
I am sad.
我是你祖祖辈辈
痛苦的希望啊，
ancestor for generations
O painful hope,
是“飞天”袖间
千百年未落到地面的花朵，
It’s the “Flying” sleeve
Flowers that have not
fallen to the ground
for thousands of years,
簇新的理想，
刚从神话的蛛网里挣脱；I am your new ideal,Freshly freed from the cobwebs of myth;
I am your new ideal,
Freshly freed
from the cobwebs of myth;
雪被下古莲的胚芽；
挂着眼泪的笑涡；
I am the germ of the ancient lotus
under your snow quilt;
smile hanging with tears;
我是
新刷出的雪白的起跑线；
是绯红的黎明
正在喷薄；
—— 祖国啊！I am the newly painted snow-white starting line;It's the crimson dawnis gushing;——My motherland!
the newly painted snow-white
starting line;
It's the crimson dawn
is gushing;
——My motherland!
我是你的
十亿分之一，
是你
九百六十万平方的总和；I am one billionth your size,It’s your total of 9.6 million square meters;
I am one billionth your size,
It’s your total
of 9.6 million square meters;
你以伤痕累累的乳房
喂养了
迷惘的我、深思的我、
沸腾的我；
With your scarred breasts
fed
I am confused,
I am deep in thought,
I am boiling;
那就从我的血肉之躯上
去取得
你的富饶、你的荣光、
你的自由；Then from my flesh and bloodto getYour riches, your glory, your freedom;
Then from my flesh and blood
to get
Your riches, your glory,
your freedom;
—— 祖国啊，
我亲爱的祖国！
——Motherland,
My Dear Motherland!
