believe in the future
written by shizhi
translated by chen xiahong
when spiders net closed down my coil base mercilessly,
when lingering smoke of ashes lamented sadness of poor,
i still insisted on spreading disappointed ashes,
writing these words: believe in the future, with beautiful snow.
when my purple grape changed into dew in later autumn,
when my flowers leaned close to other’s arms,
i still insisted on using heavily frosted withered vine,
writing these words : believe in the future, on the bleak ground.
i will point those waves which are pouring into horizon,
i will support the sea which are supporting the sun,
i will flicker dawn, which is a warm and beautiful pen-holder,
writing these words: believe in the future, with childish handwriting.
why should i believe in the future firmly?
the reason is that i believe in people’s eyes in the future,
she will have the eyelash which can unfold those dirty of history,
and she will have the sight which can understand chapter of years.
for our rotting muscular,
and disconsolation of stray and pain of failure,
no matter they will give them moved tears and sincerely sympathy,
or they will show us scornful smiles and ironic taunt.
for our backbone,
and those innumerable explore, stray, failure and success,
i firmly believe in that people must show their warm, considerable and fair judge,
right, i am looking forward to their judge.
dear my friends, please believe in the future firmly,
believe in tenacious hard work,
believe in youth which can defeat death,
believe in the future and value your life.
(written in beijing, 1968.)
夏紅附註：剛好在網上發現羅伯特貝洛爾德和浙大教師王之光和《子鼠》編輯藍天共同翻譯的《相信未來》。該譯稿譯於2017年。如下：
believe in the future
by shi zhi
when cobwebs relentlessly clog my stove
when its dying smoke sighs for poverty
i will stubbornly dig out the disappointing ash
