About the Fight Against the Pandemic - An Liang / 安 谅
On the winter land, a huge crow descended. / It was silent, like a ballet dancer dancing on the tips of her toes. / But the flapping of its wings had already rumbled like thunder. /
An Liang / 安 谅
About the Fight Against the Pandemic: The Arrival of a Crow
On the winter land, a huge crow descended.
It was silent, like a ballet dancer dancing on the tips of her toes.
But the flapping of its wings had already rumbled like thunder.
When the earth woke up,
shadows from small to large rapidly grew,
covered the entire New Year and Spring Festival.
We have no retreat path!
At the moment,
everyone rises up to fight.
Even the lonely figure at home, is a cry of life.
We share a bitter hatred, like a surging river!
That Great Wall-like will of Chinese people can never be defeated.
The Chinese dragon is shaking its whole body.
We will never let the intruder go straight in,
to ravage the vast territory of our motherland.
Seventeen years later, we encounter another fierce battle, but we will definitely win it!
There is no reason not to win.
The crow, the incarnation of this virus, will eventually be expelled.
When spring returns to the earth, the trees and grass will turn green again.
I wish these lines of poetry I write down here,
could be a cheer for all the fierce fighters,
and a round of applause dedicated to the heroes.
(Translated by Xiao Yin)
关于抗疫：一只乌鸦的降临
冬天的大地上，一只巨大的乌鸦，降临。
它悄无声息，像踩着芭蕾足尖。
可翅膀的扇动，早已雷声般隐隐。
当大地惊醒，
由小到大的阴影，飞快地生长，
覆盖了整个年节和春日。
我们，没有了退却的路径！
而此刻，
每个人，都奋起抗争。
即便居家孤影，也是生命的呐喊，
同仇敌忾，如江水奔腾！
从来不会止息，那长城般的意志，
中国龙，正抖动全身，
不能让入侵者，长驱直入，
蹂躏万里江山的身心。
这是十七年后的又一场恶仗，我们一定打赢！
没有不打赢的理由。
乌鸦终将被驱逐，这病毒的化身，
春回大地，草木必然返青。
我愿我此刻的诗行，
是给所有鏖战者的一种助阵，
也是献给英雄们的一片掌声。
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An Liang, whose real name is Min Shilin, is a native of Shanghai, whose forefathers came from Jiangsu. He is a member of the Chinese Writers’ Association, and has a PhD in economics. In the 1980s, he began to publish various literary works in newspapers at and above the provincial and municipal levels, and published more than 30 books. He has won the Mengya Reportage Award, Bing Xin Prose Award, “Fiction Selection” Biennial Award, the Most Popular Novel Award, “The Belt and Road” Li Du International Poetry Festival Special Award and dozens of other awards. He has published about a thousand short stories and micro-fictions, and is the author of eight collections of novels including “Smile on the Balcony”, “An Liang’s Selection of Mini-Fictions”, a collection of novellas and short stories “How Many Childhood Friends Do You Still Have” and the four-volume “Mingren’s Diary”, ten collections of essays such as “A Journey Through Dreams”, “Looking for the Touching Moments in Life” and five collections of poems including “How Many Excuses Are There in Life” and “Who Can Stay in the Sky”. There are also long-form documentary literature, various stage plays and other works. His works are widely reprinted.
An Liang’s poems are rich in subject matter, unique in perspective, and quite grounded. Their magnificent imagination and philosophical ideas hold strong artistic appeal.
安谅，本名闵师林，上海人，祖籍江苏，中国作家协会会员， 经济学博士。1980 年代开始在省市级以上报刊发表各类文学作品，并出版著作三十余本，曾获萌芽报告文学奖，冰心散文奖，《小说选刊》双年奖，最受读书欢迎小说奖、“一带一路”李杜国际诗歌节特别奖等数十种奖项。发表短篇小说，微型小说约千篇， 著有《阳台上的微笑》、《安谅微型小说精选》，中短篇小说集《你还有多少童年的朋友》及《明人日记》系列四辑等小说集八部，以及《逐梦之旅一一安谅散文》、《寻找生命的感动》等散文集十部，《生命有多少借口》、《谁能在天空久留》等诗歌集五部，另有长篇纪实文学，各类舞台剧等作品，作品被广为转载。
安谅诗歌作品题材丰富，视角独特，颇接地气，或想像瑰丽或充满哲思，富有艺术感染力。
