都市化

古鎮是我們安居之所

 曾經頭頂是高遠的天空

 腳下是厚實的土地

 可自由地奔跑

 可清爽的呼吸

 純樸的古鎮走上了世界

 河被填了  森林被推倒

 礦藏 地下水資源被索取

 雖然經濟被大大提升

 得到的回報是工業廢水

 和污濁的空氣

 喝水 呼吸不自由了

 其他的一切 又有何用呢

一棵棵的大樹倒下去

 一幢幢的高樓立起來

 環境為經濟發展付出了代價

 社會問題接著不斷的產生

奢華夢 吹入了尋常百姓家 是小

 加劇 貧富懸殊 破壞和諧 是大

 我們不計成本拼命賺錢

 再把賺來的錢用來 吃藥治病

都市化給我們帶來了什麼

 又讓我們失去了什麼

莊子說 天地有大美而不言

 我們為了建設所謂的文明

 逼得大地已發言了

 我們只有無言的承受了

英譯全文

Urbanization

The old town is where we lived in peace

Once, there was a tall and broad sky above us

Beneath our feet is soil so true

To run free

To breathe fresh air

This pristine town has connected to the world

 Rivers filled, forests felled

 Mines and water taken from the ground

 Giving economic growth

 Returning waste water and polluted air

No longer can one drink or breathe freely

What good are the other

 For every tree that fell

 A mansion rises

 The environment pays for economic growth

 Social problems continue to rise

It is of little harm to give install men with avarice

 Growing disharmony and disparity is much more harmful

 We think not of the cost at which wealth is accumulated

 And use that money to cure diseases

What has urbanization given us

And what has it taken away

Zhung -zi has once said that there is great beauty in the world

but does not say

To build what we call civilization

Compelled the earth to speak

And now, we must accept without protest