动车 · 恸车 (中英文祭稿）

动车 · 恸车

When the morning train left Beijing on July 23 2011, the passengers did not expect their fancy vehicle would become the train of mourning. Roaring on the high-speed rail link southbound, it was often described to be traveling like a bolt of lightening – until it was struck by a real one. Talk about irony.   

The disastrous collision may be a perfect metaphor for contemporary China. For decades, the whole nation has transformed into a high-speed train with an engine of GDP. The unstoppable monster has long derailed from the tracks of law and moral values. Like any desperados on the run, the Chinese Communist Party kidnapped this intimidating vehicle, and drives it recklessly to its self-destruction. All the Chinese on board serve as both cheap fuel for the engine and also ceremonious funerary objects to the doomed wreckage…   

Sadly, even though deep sorrow, anger, and powerlessness keep me up at such a deep night, all I can do is send a few keyboard strokes to the departed. May they rest in peace.  At least, Heaven doesn’t have high-speed train, thunders, or Communists. 

 

 

来不及收拾散落的玩具、手机

记忆、甚至躯体

下一趟车已经出发

人人都在急赴末世的宴席

我们等不及
 

招魂幡也不必升起

我们一路狂奔

灵魂早已随风而逝

透过车窗 最后一瞥

为什么它们掩面啜泣
 

不怕它们化成魑魅魍魉

我们自豪富有 目光坚毅

和殉葬的兵马俑一样

在权力眼里

根本没有生命的痕迹

我们还兼为这趟夜行列车

卑微的燃料

青烟缕缕

是 GDP 图腾和

红朝盛世的血祭
 

我们都是小伊伊

在这个神奇的国度里

生存本身就是奇迹

我们都是小伊伊

要活着从和谐号的残壳里爬出去

 

所有跟帖： 

• 拜读了！佩服你的文笔，更敬佩你有一颗敏感的心和清醒的头脑。 -NewVoice- ♀ (590 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 07:08:02

• Thank you. I still don't think I can write a poem:) -carpediem- ♂ (553 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 09:32:35

• half>10 English majors! Outrageous event, sublime writing! 膜拜一下 -非文学青年- ♀ (47 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 07:49:32

• Without a birth certificate of a native speaker, -carpediem- ♂ (194 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 09:36:44

• hehe, take offense please, pun intended. -非文学青年- ♀ (735 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:19:13

• another irony is that I made a mistake there: become->became/bec -非文学青年- ♀ (29 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:30:30

• Ah~ Cannot beat an genuine English major -carpediem- ♂ (528 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:53:02

• I wish I can write so passionately and powerfully! -非文学青年- ♀ (296 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 14:04:07

• Being passionate about something -carpediem- ♂ (133 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 15:07:16

• oh, in that case, I think I would use: -非文学青年- ♀ (203 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 17:30:10

• 大鼎, 写的震撼人心，中英俱佳 ~~ -lilac09- ♀ (1360 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 08:07:06

• Sadly, -carpediem- ♂ (255 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 09:40:27

• haha~, anyway you have an extra "it" there.~ -lilac09- ♀ (78 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:29:05

• Ok. I give you that. -carpediem- ♂ (112 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:55:51

• Another great piece! -NewVoice- ♀ (674 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:46:05

• 又是一篇好文，说出了中国人的心声！ -好学又好问- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:46:46

• 谢谢声姐和好学MM一贯的鼓励, 很久没写，都有些退步了~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 21:05:19

• 谢谢博学大师用你精彩犀利的语言表达了我们悲痛无奈的心声。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:02:48

• 過奬過奬 -Carpediem- ♂ (112 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:30:21

• 哈哈哈哈，余大師的含淚相勸。。。赞 Carpediem同学 -好学又好问- ♀ (38 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:44:37

• Thank you, beautifulwind. -carpediem- ♂ (75 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 20:17:02

• Of course not！你不但油菜还很油墨！请多来MYSJ和大家共享你的才和墨！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 20:54:22

• 写的真好，希望长来这里 -同学小薇- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 11:44:38

• Thank you, 同学小薇and好学又好问! -carpediem- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 15:04:31

• 作恶者，必自毙！！！ -亿言谈- ♂ (657 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 21:15:34