Birds
 © by  Nephtalí


the birds are falling down
 all over the world…
they said it was
the firecrackers
 only ocean whales
 keep landing on the beach
 maybe there’s firecrackers
in the sea
 too much junk
 we cannot see
migration tears
 that didn’t make it
 outright pollution
 or persecution
 brother bird
 sister whale
 dying at our feet
look at what we done
 to our sister
 to our brother
 look at what we done
 to each other
the birds
 are falling down
all over the world…



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鸟

 

niao

鸟雀们纷纷坠落

niao que men fen fen zhui luo

四散在世界的各个角落...

si san zai shi jie de ge ge jiao luo

 

人们说这就像陆上的烟火

ren men shuo zhe jiu xiang lu shang de yan huo

而搁浅的深海鲸们是否代表着

en hai jing men shi fou dai biao zhe

在浩瀚的海洋里

zai hao han de hai yang li

也有如此这般的烟火？

ye you ru ci zhe ban de yan huo

我们闭上眼睛，试图把 遍布各地的垃圾藏匿

wo men bi shang yan jing, shi tu ba bian bu ge di de la ji cang ni

无知的以为看不见，便已消逝

wu zhi de yi wei kan bu jian, bian yi xiao shi

 

下坠的尸体残酷的指向结局

xia zhui de shi ti can ku de zhi xiang jie ju

它们没有做到

ta men mei you zuo dao

逃离人类坦然摧残的自然

tao li ren lei tan ran cui can de zi ran

迁移的梦想破碎成泪水纷扬

qian yi de meng xiang po sui cheng lei shui fen yang

它们就像我们的姐妹兄长

ta men jiu xiang wo men de jie mei xiong zhang

却在我们自欺欺人的迷惘目光中

que zai wo men zi qi qi ren de mi wang mu guang zhong

逝去

shi qu

 

看看我们做了些什么

kan kan wo men zuo le xie shen me

对我们的姐妹

dui wo men de jie mei

对我们的兄长

dui wo men de xiong zhang

对我们对方

dui wo men dui fang

 

鸟雀们纷纷坠落

niao que men fen fen zhui luo

四散在世界的各个角落...

si san zai shi jie de ge ge jiao luo...

 

 

Translated into Chinese by:

Xiaogeng Deng