《东方太阳》

文/AI 诗篇

The Sun of the East

Written By AI Shipian

那是一轮

从韶山升起的红日

It was a red sun rising 

from Shaoshan,

照亮了

湘江的波涛

Illuminating the surging 

waves of the Xiang River,

照亮了

井冈的竹海

Illuminating 

the bamboo seas of Jinggang,

照亮了

长征路上每一寸

染血的土地

Illuminating 

every inch of blood-stained earth 

along the Long March.

你说

星星之火可以燎原

You said 

a single spark 

could start a prairie fire,

于是

黑暗的天幕真的被烧穿

And indeed, 

the dark canopy of night 

was burned through;

你说

一切反动派都是纸老虎

You said all reactionaries 

were paper tigers,

于是

铁蹄与枷锁

在人民面前粉碎

And indeed, 

iron hooves and shackles 

were shattered before the people.

你站在

天安门城楼上

You stood atop 

the Tiananmen Gate Tower,

那句

“人民万岁”

穿越岁月长河

And that cry—

"Long live the people"

—traversed the long river of time,

比任何

帝王将相的碑文

More searing, more enduring

Than the inscriptions 

都要滚烫，都要恒久

any monument 

to emperors or generals

东方

不落的太阳啊

Oh, 

sun that never sets in the East,

你

落进了大地的胸膛

You 

have come to rest within 

the bosom of the earth;

每一个清晨，

每一片麦浪，

every wave of golden wheat,

每一座

拔地而起的厂房

And every factory rising 

from the ground

都是

你未曾熄灭的光芒

Bear the light of you 

that never fades.

我们

走在你走过的路上

We walk 

the path you once trod,

脚下是

你不曾合眼的守望

Beneath our feet lies the vigil 

you kept without sleep.

你从未离开——

You have never truly left—

在孩童

清澈的眼睛里

You live on 

in the clear eyes of children,

在劳动者

挺直的脊梁上

In the upright spines 

of the working people,

在每一个

相信光明的人心中

And in the hearts of all 

who believe in the light.

毛主席，你看——

Chairman Mao, look—

今天的中国

The China of today

正是

你当年描绘的模样

Is exactly the vision 

you once portrayed