跋涉

樊功生

是个大时代

不该暖的季节却迅速变暖

万年的冰川开始融化

一块块陆地逐次露出黝黑的脸

夏娃的后人

打起包裹

离开炽热的东非

情愿 或不情愿... 

坚韧的跋涉

沿着非亚海岸

向北 向东

充满着恐惧 梦幻

奔向陌生

经历了多少饥寒

走过了多少黑暗

是什么

给了他们动力？

是生存的毅志

还有火

是唯一的伙伴... 

... 恍惚  

在夜色里

一列火把在闪烁

岩洞里

围着篝火充饥取暖

那是我们的祖先？

燃烧吧

火不熄灭

希望就不会熄灭

人类就不会灭亡

再坚持一程

快了

新大陆就在眼前...

Journey 

By Ken Fan 

That's a great era, 

Not supposed to be this warm,

But the season did. 

The glaciers of millenniums were melting away, 

Leaving the brown lands open and smiling. 

Those descendants of Eve 

packed up and left the East Africa, hot baked. 

Willingly, or not. 

A journey of tenasity,

Along the coasts of Africa and Asia. 

To the north, then east, 

Full of terror and dreams,

Heading towards strange destinations.

So many starving and freezing moments, 

So much darkness and loss in directions. 

What was motivating these determined migrants? 

The will to survive, 

And of course, the fire, 

That had been their only companion. 

An image, or a delusion?

A line of torches are flickering 

Under the night sky,

And groups are circling around a bonfire in a gratto.

Those are our ancestors?

Let it burn.

Stop not,

So neither are the hopes,

Nor the human race.

Hold on,

Almost there,

The new continent would be soon in sight.