生命之歌 Eulogy to Life

生命之歌

Eulogy to Life

轟隆隆的，轟隆隆的，

遠方又傳來陣陣震響，不知道哪裡的冰川又崩塌了，也不知道會翻起多高的巨浪，

但我不害怕。

Thunderous

Is the sound that echoes from far. I don’t know which part of the glacier has just collapsed, nor how high the surges will turn.

Yet I am not afraid.

孤零零的，孤零零的，

我就是自己一個，我不知道大伙兒在哪裡，也不知道用我來填肚子的海豹在哪裡，

但我不害怕。

Alone

Is the way I am now. I don’t know where my companions are, nor the seals that will have me stuffed in their stomachs.

Yet I am not afraid.

白皚皚的，白皚皚的，

飄雪徐徐紛飛，我不知道寒風什麼時候會刺破我初出的羽毛，也不知道正在凝結的海冰什麼時候會蓋住我眼前的去路，

但我不害怕。

Shining-white

Are the snowflakes wafting in the air. I don’t know when the chills will pierce through my sprouting furs, nor freezing icepacks will block my way ahead.

Yet I am not afraid.

黑壓壓的，黑壓壓的，

夜幕把一切都吞掉了，我不知道要潛入的冰洋有多深，要游到的彼岸有多遠，

但我不害怕。

Ink-black

Is the nightfall that has engulfed everything in sight. I don’t know how deep the ice ocean is that I have to dive, nor how far the other side is that I have to reach.

Yet I am not afraid.

終於，一切都停止了。

在這個寧靜得以為自己聾掉了，模糊得看不出天和海的極地，

我拖著沉甸甸的身軀，一拐一搖的，爬到更高的雪丘，

昂然仰望，坦然立命﹔隨緣而來，隨遇而安。

At last, all has come to a stop.

On this Antarctic soil where it is so silent that I thought I had lost my ears, so blurred that I can’t tell the horizon between the sky and the sea,

I drag my weighed-down body, swaying and plodding, and climb to the higher snow-capped hilltop.

Staring far in dignity, I take my life self-assuredly; Having come as it is the time, I leave as it is the time.

我還是相信，出路不止一道，生命滿是機緣。

無論今天怎樣，也要好好活一場。

I still believe, that there is more than one way out, and life is full of chances.

No matter what happens today, I try my best to live a fullest life.

我，是一隻企鵝。

I am a penguin.