有一句话说出就是祸，
有一句话能点得着火，
别看五千年没有说破，
你猜得透火山的缄默？
说不定是突然着了魔，
突然青天里一个霹雳
爆一声：
“咱们的中国！”
这话叫我今天怎样说？
你不信铁树开花也可，
那么有一句话你听着：
等火山忍不住了缄默；
不要发抖，伸舌头，顿脚，
等到青天里一个霹雳
爆一声：
“咱们的中国！”
One Sentence
Wen Yiduo
There is one sentence that can light fire,
Or, when spoken, bring dire disasters.
Don’t think that for five thousand years nobody has said it.
How can you be sure of a volcano’s silence?
Perhaps one day, as if possessed by a spirit,
Suddenly our of the blue sky a thunder
Will explode:
“This is our China!”
How am I to say this today?
You may not believe that “the iron tree will bloom.”
But there is one sentence you must hear!
Wait till the volcano can no longer be quiet,
Don’t tremble, or shake your head, or stamp your feet,
Just wait till out of the blue sky a thunder
Will explode:
“This is our China!”
（Kai-yu Hsu 译）
