(Song for Arrow)
Quiet as a mouse, she lies
“Patience pays” she knows
Through her scope she scans the hills
The hills around a city known as Sarajevo
She is young, she is pretty
She is brave and she is lonely
The only friend she has
Is her rifle
She has downed so many unwary or vain targets
So many she no longer bothers to toll
She is aware how much they are afraid
Of a girl who is called “Arrow”
She used to kill out of hatred
She used to kill for revenge
But tonight she will shoot only to protect
A stranger who plays cello
Twenty-two days, 4.00 pm sharp
In a ruined library, the music wafts
For the 22 victims who fell under mortar fire
When they stood in a bread-line in the city of Sarajevo
And when the melancholic tune starts
The besieged city listens and grieves
For a lost way of life and all departed souls
And a once beautiful city of Sarajevo
Night after night, like a guardian angel in shadow
She trains her gun on any who tries to harm
A single bullet,
Always a bull-eye shot
“This is the last night, and my duty is done.”
She knows she will not see the rise of the morning sun
Those men she has refused to obey will come
---merciless men who just want her to be a killing tool.
She can fight back and kill them all
But she knows what will be lost:
She will become just like them
A fight she may win, humanity the cost
The music ends; she smiles,
puts down her gun and goes back to her den
Just before they kick down her door
“My name is Alisa” She says quiet and strong
-stronger than the gunfire that shatters
The night of Sarajevo.
By Hitomi
(17th November 2015)
(”箭”之歌)
她像老鼠一样安静地伏着
“耐心是有回报的”,她知道
通过她的瞄准镜,她扫描着山丘
萨拉热窝城市周围的山丘
她很年轻,她很漂亮
她很勇敢,也很孤独
她唯一的朋友
是她的步枪
她伤杀了那么多粗心大意或傲慢的家伙
太多了,她已不再记下数目
她知道他们有多害怕
一个叫“箭”的女孩
她曾经出于仇恨而杀人
她曾经为了复仇而杀人
但今晚她只会为了保护而开枪
保护一个拉大提琴的陌生人
二十二天,下午 4:00 准时
在一个破败的图书馆里,音乐飘荡
为了悼念被迫击炮射击的 22 名受害者
当时, 他们站在萨拉热窝市的轮购面包线上
当忧郁的曲调开始时
被围困的城市倾听与悲伤
为了消失的生活方式和所有逝去的灵魂
还有曾经如此美丽的萨拉热窝市
一夜又一夜,像阴影中的守护天使
她把枪对准任何试图伤害他的人
一颗子弹,
总是百发百中.
“这是最后一晚,我的职责已经完成。”
她知道她不会看到早晨升起的太阳
那些她拒绝服从的人会来
---无情的男人,只想让她成为杀人工具。
她可以反击并杀死他们所有人
但她知道会失去什么:
她会变得像他们一样
一场她可以赢得的战斗,却要以人性作代价
音乐结束了;她微笑着,
放下枪,回到房间
就在她的门被踢开之前
“我叫艾丽莎.”她说,静悄而坚强的声音
-比萨拉热窝所有的的枪炮声更响亮
Hitomi