心底的中国
我没有走过父亲走过的长路
他的年少是几番沧桑 几番血泪
我没有看过父亲看过的国土
他的乡愁是浩荡之江 滚滚之水
我只能偷偷瞄着父亲的眼眸
感觉他眼光最深沉处的浮云苍狗喔我没有留下父亲留下的疮疤
他的伤痕是不敢思忆 不堪回首
我没有经历父亲经历的挣扎
他的割舍是午夜梦回 茫然失落
我只有悄悄等着父亲的动容
感觉他神色最恍惚间的爱恨交错什么叫中国 我曾经没有把握
如今我才知道 他在我胸口跳动
什么叫中国 我现在真有把握
是父亲毕生的守候 我与生俱来的光荣
English #1 – China in my Heart
I haven’t ever walked the long road my father has trekked
His youth was filled with vicissitudes of life, blood and tears
I haven’t ever seen the land my father used to see
His nostalgia is so surging like a great river
So I can only peep at my father’s eyes
To feel his vicissitudes of fortune in the deepest of his sight…I haven’t ever gotten the same scar as my father’s
His scar makes him afraid of the past unbearable to recall
I haven’t ever undergone the same struggle as my father has
His parting is a frustrating dream in the middle of the night
So I can only wait for the moment my father is visibly moved
To feel his tangling love and hatred when he’s most tranced…What China means, I used to wonder
Till now I’ve learnt, she’s beating in my chest
What China means, now I know really well
She’s what my father’s been lifelong awaiting, my innate glory
By Isaiah Siegfried Chen
