WILLIAM ZHOU

 

Orphans In The Jungle Of Angkor        

 

The war between the two countries killed your parents

The disaster of civil war resulted in the death of your parents

The sorrow of illness took away your parents

The errors of human took away your parents

Your childhood has lost your warm embraces

Your early youth has lost the protection of parents

The rain in the rainforest is crying for your sadness

The heat of the jungle is biting into your loneliness

Fortunately, a caring orphan village has been built

Fortunately, tourists sympathize with your misfortune

You work, learn, and grow together

With older brothers, sisters, younger siblings

You carve various artworks with cowhide

Earn living expenses with both hands

You have earned the dignity of life

My eyesight caressing this rudimentary shack

I purchasing your works with praise

A few small animals, a leather elephant

I expressing a Chinese empathy

Little sister who carved the elephant, come on

Let's take a photo together

Against the backdrop of the history of suffering

Come on, look ahead at the hope

I hope you breathe peaceful air

Hope humanity can reduce the crimes of war

 

吴哥丛林中的孤儿们

 

                            周道模（中国）

 

两国的战争杀了你们的父母

内战的灾难使你们的父母丧命

疾病的悲哀夺走你们的父母

人类的过错带走你们的父母

你们的童年失去了温暖怀抱

你们的少年失去了父母庇护

雨林的雨在哭你们的忧伤

丛林的热在咬你们的孤寂

好在建了一个关爱的孤儿村

好在游客都同情你们的不幸

你们在一起劳动学习成长

有了哥哥姐姐弟弟妹妹

你们用牛皮雕刻各种艺术品

用双手挣来生活费

你们赢得了生命的尊严

我的目光抚摸这简陋的棚屋

我用赞许选购你们的作品

几个小动物，一头皮大象

表示一颗中国的同理心

雕刻大象的小妹妹，来

我们合个影

以苦难的历史为背景

来，看着希望的前方

希望你们呼吸和平的空气

希望人类削减战争的罪行

2019.12.23下午5：19连山

 

WILLIAM ZHOU

 

WILLIAM ZHOU, has studied and written poetry for over 30 years and published Chinese, English and translated works in literary newspapers and magazines both at home and abroad. He won the domestic literature award 4 times and the international literature award 3 times. He published 2 books of Chinese poetry and 2 books of Chinese English bilingual Poems. He was invited to attend the World Congress of Poets 9 times.