Fan Jinghua: Wild Grasses

　　Wild Grasses
With fresh supplies of rain and fertilizer,
Wild grasses are now ashamed of their accumulated anger
Over the sudden heaviness of crumbled dikes.
Their will to survive is never
For the greening of the earth,
But for keeping themselves alive to taste air and sunshine.
Only those who bore out of the soil can be entitled
As “lives,” and the lives of theirs
Will be forgotten after a mere glimpse.
The humans know they are but wild grasses,
And if they eulogize, they are merely cheating both the grasses and themselves,
And they do so out of morality.
　　　　　　　　　　　　May 29, 2008

　　野草
　　　“生命的泥委弃在地面上，不生乔木，
　　　只生野草，这是我的罪过”——鲁迅

雨水与肥料充足
野草甚至有点羞愧于自己
因为坍塌的泥顷刻间沉重而郁积了一阵愤怒
它们的生命力
从来都不是为了绿化大地
而只是为了坚持不死
钻出来的
终于可称为生命
而生命也不过是被人看了一眼而已
我们都知道那些是野草
我们歌颂它们，只是合乎道德地自欺欺人
　　　　　　2008年5月29日