《我们都是战士We Are All Fighters》

 This is a war,  and we are all fighters. 

To the fighters

We are facing a dark time right now.

Some of us are stuck at home

Some are stuck far away from home

 

Some of us have lost their jobs，

Some have to shut down their businesses

 

Some of us are cutting down the expenses

Some can’t even pay their rent and bills

 

Some can’t go back to school

Some can’t get back to their jobs

 

And some of us are still working day and night,

no matter how exhausted they are

Or how dangerous it is.

Some of us have become infected.

They were isolated from their families, their loved ones,

and have to be alone in the wards,

Or even worse, it is their children, parents, or loved ones that are infected

and they don’t even have a chance to say goodbye

The virus is rampaging

The numbers are increasing

The rumors are spreading

The fear is growing

It seems that all of a sudden

the whole country lost its vitality and prosperity.

 

You are not the only one who is worrying,

you are not the only one who is fearing,

You are not the only one who is struggling

We are all facing a dark time right now,

Our country is facing a dark time right now.

 

This is a war!

It’s a war without guns, bombs, or smoke

But it’s a war with virus, doubts, fears, rumors, and discriminations.

But we shall all be fighters, my dear fellows!

Not just the doctors, the nurses, the policemen and the scientists who should fight

All of us should be the fighters in this war

 

We shall fight against fear

We shall fight against uncertainty

We shall fight against doubts

We shall fight against selfishness

We shall fight against rumors

We shall fight against discriminations

 

This is going to be a fierce and cruel war

But don’t be afraid,

We’re going to win this war together in the end!

 

Our people may get sick,

our city may get sick,

but we as a brave nation, will never ever get sick

Because we have the history, spirit and determination to win.

 

We’ve been on this planet for over 5000 years.

We’ve witnessed much darker moments

We’ve been though much crueler trials

 

No matter it’s the war, invasion, starvation, poverty or natural disasters

We’ve always survived and

We’ve always stood back up on our feet

We’ve always won in the end.

And we will definitely win this time.

 

We don’t know how long this will take,

Or what cost we have to pay

But there’s one thing we are 100% sure

That is: we are going to win this war in the end!

 

Because that’s what we’ve been doing for the past 5000 years.

And that’s what makes us the greatest nation ever

It is only by going through dark times that we can separate the greatest from the great.

 

In each dark time, We’ve always fought together

No matter how strong our enemy was

Or how impossible it seemed to win

We just kept fighting

Because we are all fighters!

 

When all of this is over,

we’ll have another great and heroic story

to tell our children, our grandchildren

and they will tell the next generations.

That’s how we’ll pass this great spirit on,

and keep it alive forever!

 

作者：刘洁，研究生毕业于中国人民大学，曾在欧盟总部中欧青年交流大会，多哈论坛，全球青年领袖峰会等国际会议担任演讲嘉宾。女性创业者，创立国内最具影响力的青年国际交流社群Hi-World.与联合国，全球青年领袖大会，维也纳大学等世界知名，国际组织，大学，NGO等合作，帮助超过3000中国青年赴海外交流。曾获得联合国青年机构表彰。拥有自己的自媒体账号“洁出表达力”，专注分享表达和演讲技巧。