提灯

作者 樊功生

都说

人死了是一片黑暗

但灵魂还在

黑暗让人恐惧

因为它跟死亡相似

世上仍有万物

但又等于没有

谁都看不见了

卑微的人看不见

尊贵的人也看不见

黑暗把一切都抹平了

黑暗是永恒的

永恒就无需渴望

光明是短暂的

短暂才值得追求

在那个黑黑的洞里

不知道有多少人

也不知被遗忘了多久

眼睛睁着

却是无止尽的黑暗... 

突然，一声颤抖：

-- 提灯的人，

还来么? 

绝望了

不管提灯的你是谁

不论你会领向何方

都一定会跟着你

只要能看到一线光明... 

Lantern

By Ken Fan 

Translated by Ken Fan 

They say, 

Death is just all darkness,

Only the soul remains. 

Darkness petrifies, 

Because it's similar to death. 

There would be still things on earth, 

Which are, nonetheless, equivalent to none. 

No one can see anything, 

Humble ones can't, 

Neither can the nobles. 

Darkness has equalized everyone. 

Darkness is eternal, 

Hence it's pursued by no one. 

Brightness is brief, 

Brevity is to be desired for. 

In that pitch-black cave, 

Nobody knows how many are in there, 

Nobody recalls how long this has been. 

Eyes all wide open, 

But only face a perpetual darkness.

Suddenly, a trembling mumble:

-- That man, with a lantern, 

Will still come? 

Becoming desperate. 

Don't care, 

Whoever you are, 

Wherever you'd take us, 

Once you've got a lantern. 

We will follow you, 

As long as we can catch last ray of sunlight...