立場新聞 2020/11/11 11:05
本文原撰於2017年,特此重新修訂。
11月在英國及其不少聯邦領地均會舉辦和平紀念,香港的和平紀念日即沿此例。而香港的儀式上有基督教、伊斯蘭教、佛教、道教及孔教等代表致意。惟香港主權移交後的和平紀念儀式,卻以《義勇軍進行曲》取代《天佑吾皇》,想來十分耐人尋味。
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.