Morning
by Clinton Lee Scott
From the East comes the sun,
Bringing a new and unspoiled day.
It has already circled the Earth and
Looked upon distant lands and
Faraway peoples.
It has passed over mountain ranges and
The waters of the seven seas .
It has shone upon laborers in the fields,
Into the windows of homes,
And shops,and factories.
It has beheld cities with gleaming towers,
And also the hovels of the poor.
It has been witness to the both good and evil,
The works of honest men and women and
The conspiracy of knaves.
It has seen marching armies,bomb-blasted villages
And“the destruction that wasteth at noonday”
Now,unsullied from its tireless journey,
It comes to us,
Messenger of the morning .
Harbinger of a new day.
太阳从东方升起，
带来全新而自然的一天。
它已越过山河大地，
眺望远方的田园，
还有那里的人们。
他穿越了重重山脉
和茫茫七海之水。
他照耀着田间劳动者的头顶，
映照在千家万户的窗户上，
点亮了商店和工厂。
它注视着闪亮高楼林立的城市，
和穷人们栖身的陋居。
它见证了人世的善与恶，
目睹了正直好人的辛劳以及
流氓无赖的密谋。
它见到行进中的军队和毁于炮弹的村庄
还有“在正午把人毁灭的毒病”。
而今，它在不倦的旅程中依然一尘不染，
它来到了我们的面前，
它是清晨的信使，
带来了崭新的一天。 |
