我渴望

我渴望
但我斷定不會
去那城西的公園
因為在那里
我看見的天空
和在城里的任何一個地方
看見的天空都一樣

（像一堵高高的墻）

我渴望
但我斷定不會
去那城東的湖邊
因為在那里
我看見的飛鳥
和在城里任何一個地方
看見的飛鳥都一樣

（夢不見飛翔）

我渴望
但我斷定不會
去那十字路口
看見人流旋轉(zhuǎn)
看見高樓傾斜
于是我只好站在
那密集的人海之外
望著低矮的天空
聽靈魂自由地歌唱

我看見一個燃燒著的夢想
我看見一棵向日葵
伸出的舌尖上有跳蕩的火苗
我看見一個彝人的孩子
躺在山崗上
我看見一只小羊睡在他身旁
我看見他睜著一雙黑色的眼
長久地望著一只鷹在盤旋
長久地望著一只鷹在翱翔
在他的頭頂上
那無垠而又遼闊的天空
就像一片迷人而沉寂的海洋
那溫柔而又多情的山風
正輕輕地撩動著他那繡花的衣裳

（難道這就是我童年的時光？
而這一切又是那么遙遠
在那有著瓦板屋的地方）

我渴望
在一個沒有月琴的街頭
在一個沒有口弦的異鄉(xiāng)
也能看見有一只鷹
飛翔在自由的天上
但我斷定
我的使命
就是為一切善良的人們歌唱

（我歌唱
因為我渴望）

I Long For   

I long for
But I refuse to go to
the park in the west of this city
Because there the sky I can see
is as same as the sky
I can see
at any spot inside the city

( like a high wall )

I long for
But I refuse to go to
the lake in the east of this city
Because the birds there I can see
are the same ones
as what I can see
at any spot inside the city

(Flight cannot be dreamed )

I long for
But I refuse to stand
at the crossroads
to watch
the stream of people and high buildings
So I have to stand
outside the sea of people
gazing at the low sky
listening to the soul singing freely

I see a burning dream
I see a sunflower
a jumping flame on its stretched tongue
I see a Yi child
  lying on the hillock
I see a lamb sleeping quietly by his side
With his black eyes open
the boy keeps gazing at an eagle
wheeling or flying
in the sky
like an enchanting and calm sea
over his head
The gentle and tender breeze
lifting the edge of his blouse

( Is it the same scene of my childhood ?
yet all this is too far from me
in the place where has tile-roofed houses  )

I wish to see
an eagle
flying freely in the sky
even in the street without yueqin 
and a strange land without Kouxian
I dare to say
my mission is
to sing for all the honest people 

( I sing
because I long for )