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英文诗作＜一定有人哭泣＞发表于《世界的诗》(Poems of the World)19卷4号，2015年夏季，伊利诺州。




一定有人哭泣
──悼作家张纯如



一定有人哭泣
在这样的黄昏
风从西边来
雨从西边来



而她就是忍不住
头一个哭泣的那个人
对着一堆堆
历史的白骨
人间的不义与缄默



而她就是一开了头
便止不住哭泣的那个人
人类的罪恶
冰峰般矗立在她四周
把她笼罩在重重阴影里
使她窒息



一定有人哭泣
在这样的黄昏
风从西边来
雨从西边来



附注：1997年在美国出版《南京大屠杀》一书的华裔作家张纯如，因不堪忧郁症的折磨，於2004年自杀身亡。


SOMEONE MUST BE CRYING
-- for Iris Chang


Someone must be crying
in such an evening
wind coming from the west
rain coming from the west

She was the first one
who could not hold her tears
facing piles and piles
of white bones in history
the injustice the dead silence

She was the one who started crying
and was unable to stop
the evil deeds of humanity
towering around her
like ice mountains
casting the heavy shadows
that eventually choked her

Someone must be crying
in such an evening
wind coming from the west
rain coming from the west

*Iris Chang was a Chinese-American writer who in 1997 published a book entitled, <The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II> telling the story of the murder of more than 250,000 defenseless civilians by the invading Japanese army. She later committed suicide due to severe depression.

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英文诗作＜一定有人哭泣＞发表于《世界的诗》(Poems of the World)19卷4号，2015年夏季，伊利诺州。




一定有人哭泣
──悼作家张纯如



一定有人哭泣
在这样的黄昏
风从西边来
雨从西边来



而她就是忍不住
头一个哭泣的那个人
对着一堆堆
历史的白骨
人间的不义与缄默



而她就是一开了头
便止不住哭泣的那个人
人类的罪恶
冰峰般矗立在她四周
把她笼罩在重重阴影里
使她窒息



一定有人哭泣
在这样的黄昏
风从西边来
雨从西边来



附注：1997年在美国出版《南京大屠杀》一书的华裔作家张纯如，因不堪忧郁症的折磨，於2004年自杀身亡。


SOMEONE MUST BE CRYING
-- for Iris Chang


Someone must be crying
in such an evening
wind coming from the west
rain coming from the west

She was the first one
who could not hold her tears
facing piles and piles
of white bones in history
the injustice the dead silence

She was the one who started crying
and was unable to stop
the evil deeds of humanity
towering around her
like ice mountains
casting the heavy shadows
that eventually choked her

Someone must be crying
in such an evening
wind coming from the west
rain coming from the west

*Iris Chang was a Chinese-American writer who in 1997 published a book entitled, <The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II> telling the story of the murder of more than 250,000 defenseless civilians by the invading Japanese army. She later committed suicide due to severe depression.