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卖艺者

作者：艾青

我看着同伴的背，
他背上的　
向我笑着的猴子，
大跨着我们的脚步，　
穿过森林，渡过江河　
向无边际的大地走去……　

早晨，我们在　
江北的市镇上，　
黄昏，我们在　
江南的都会里，　
一年又一年　
叫，喊，笑，哭，　
伴着锣鼓的声音跨过……

人将说　
我们是天外的移民，　
神圣的象盗匪；　
我们大吹大擂的到来　
又大吹大擂的去……　
我们自哪儿来的？　
我们往哪儿去呢？
　
旱荒，饥馑，战争，　
把我们逐出　
生我们的村庄——　
象青草被连根的拔起，　
谁能不怀念　
那土地的气息？

让烈日与风雨　
来侵蚀我们的血肉；　
让饥饿与飘泊　
来磨折我们的筋骨；　
我们应该　
向陌生人笑，哭，叫，喊！　
我们流浪！　
我们死亡！

前年父亲死去　
在古蜀的山麓；　
今年大哥新亡　
在淮水的边上，　
我们无声地挖着坟坑　
我们无声地埋葬！　
“哈！哈！哈！”　
冬冬冬！铛铛铛！　
我们举起了闪光的刀，　
我们摇晃着绯红的布，　
我们走过空中的绳索，　
我们吞下坚硬的长剑，　
这是我们的生活！　
你们笑吧，笑吧，　
“哈！哈！哈！”

哪儿是我们的故乡？　
哪儿是我们的家？
　
我看着同伴的背，　
他背上的　
向我笑着的猴子，　
大跨着我们的脚步，　
穿过森林，渡过江河　
向无边际的大地走去……


THE PERFORMERS

WR. by Aiqing
TR. by Yuanmei

Looking at the monkey
Who's sitting on my partner's back
And smiling at me,
In a hasty footstep, we walk
Through the woods, across the rivers,
And then onto the endless land...
　
In the morning, we are
In the towns of Jiangbei.
In the evening, we are
In the cities of Jiangnan.
Year after year we spend
Yelling, shouting, laughing and crying
In the sounds of drums and gongs ...
　
People maybe say
We are immigrations from outer space,
Holy as robbers,
While we come and leave
With great fanfares ...
Then where are we from?
And where are we going?

Droughts, famines and wars
Force us to leave our mother villages --
Like the green grass uprooted.
How can one stop missing
The smell of earth?

Let the burning sun, wind and rain
Eat into our bodies;
Let starvation and wandering life
Distroy our bones;
We should laugh, cry, yell and shout
At the strangers!
For we are wandering!
And we are dying!

The year before last my father died
At the foot of the ancient Shu mountains;
This year my brother died
By the bank of Huai River;
Silently, we dug the graves
And silently, we buried the bodies!
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Tok tok tok! Clang clang clang!
We raise a glittering knife,
We wave a piece of crimson cloth,
We walk a tightrope,
We swallow a hard sword, and
This is our life!
You can laugh, and do laugh:
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Where is our nativeland?
And where is our home?

Looking at the monkey
Who's sitting on my partner's back
And smiling at me,
In a hasty footstep, we walk
Through the woods, across the rivers,
And then onto the endless land...