作者：杨景荣
翻译：任诚刚

北上，北上
野象在流浪
告别版纳，告别故乡
告别曾经的过往
我注目你们的身影
我感到了你们的悲壮
湿地己成农地、牧场
雨林已沦为胶林、茶山
你们的家园日渐缩小
污染、干旱，你们饥渴难耐
濒临灭绝，生存越趋艰难

北上，北上
告别家园，告别伙伴
告别曾经的过往
我听到了你们的叹息
我看到了你们的迷茫
你们热爱南方，然而
那边的森林也正被砍伐
青山被挖成了宝石玉矿
那边有猎杀拨牙的强盗
那边响起了枪声战火重燃
独裁者在屠城，生灵被涂炭

北上，北上
翻山越岭，穿城过乡
告别曾经的过往
我看到过你们的威风
我听到过你们的欢唱
你们在恐龙灭绝后脱穎而出
成为大地最善良的自然之王
无与匹敌，虎豹豺狼闻风胆丧
你们曾遍及亚洲的河湖山岗
而你们的近亲兄弟猛犸象
曾穿越北令海峡，踏遍美洲河川

北上，北上
只为寻求生存，寻找希望
告别曾经的过往
我听到你们的哀歌
我看到你们的悲壮
你们的善良不敌人类的残忍
你们雄壮的象牙难逃人类的贪婪
周口店有你们的遗骨
三星堆有你们的长牙陪葬
于是你们被奴役失去自由
于是你们的血肉进了人类的汤锅
他们酒酣饭饱后又打起象牙麻将
或者听着象牙键盘上弹出的乐章

北上，北上
穿过哀牢，跨过横断
告别曾经的过往
你们是神的儿女，佛主的使臣
曾在恒河之滨跟随在佛主身旁
威武高壮却从不杀生食肉
今天，你们穿街过巷，夜行昼伏
面对天敌人类却不显丝毫仇恨
没有复仇，没有伤亡
微笑着，挥动着巨耳向人类致意
我在佛前深深祈祷
愿你们找到新的家园
那里鲜花四季有吃不尽的野巴蕉
林边泽畔，格桑花遍野迎风招展

星光在闪烁，太阳风在呼唤
你们向人类传递着佛的慈悲
北上，北上，流浪的野象
祝福你们一路平安！

Up North, Up North, Wandering the Wild Elephants

By: YANG Jingrong
Tr.: REN Chenggang

Up north, up north
The wild elephants are wandering
Farewell to Banna, farewell to my hometown
Say goodbye to the past
I gaze at your figures
I feel your solemn and stirring
Wetlands have become farmland and pastures
Rainforests have been reduced to rubber forests and tea hills
Your home is shrinking
Pollution, drought, your hunger and thirst
Endangered to extinction, survival is becoming more and more difficult

Up north, up north
Farewell to home, farewell to partners
Say goodbye to the past
I hear your sighs
I see your confusion
You love the South, however
The forests over there are being cut down, too
Green mountain was dug into gems and jade mines
There are bandits over there who hunt and kill the elephants to obtain ivories
Shots rang out and the fighting resumed
The dictator is slaughtering the city and the lives are being slaughtered
Up north, up north
Over the mountains, through the city across the countryside
Say goodbye to the past
I’ve seen your power
I have heard you sing
You stood out after the dinosaurs died out
Be the kindest king of nature on earth
No rivals – the tiger, the leopard, And the wolf
You have covered all the rivers and mountains of Asia
And your Cousins, the mammoths
Were crossing the Bering Strait and traversing the American rivers

Up north, up north
To seek survival, to find hope
Say goodbye to the past
I hear your Lamentations
I see your sadness
Your goodness is no match for human cruelty
Your magnificent tusks cannot escape human’s greed
Zhoukoudian has your remains
Sanxingdui is buried with your tusks
So you are enslaved and deprived of your freedom
So your flesh and blood went into the soup pot of mankind
After they had had enough wine, they began to play mahjong made of ivory
Or listen to the music that pops up on ivory keyboards

Up north, up north
Through the prison of grief, wander across the Ailao Mountain, and stride over Hengduan Mountain of broad land of Yunnan
Say goodbye to the past
You are the children of God and the ambassadors of the Buddha
On the banks of the Ganges, beside the Buddha
who is mighty and strong, but he never kills or eats meat
Today you walk through streets and alleys, walking by night and lying by day
Show no hatred when you face to human, your natural enemies,
No revenge, no casualties
With a smile and a wave of giant ears
I prayed deeply in front of the Buddha
May you find a new home
An endless bounty of plantains,
On the edge of the forest,
Gesang flowers are fluttering in the wind

The stars are shining and the solar wind is calling
You convey the compassion of the Buddha to mankind
Up north, up north, wandering wild elephants
Wish you a safe journey!

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