Cradle to Grave
Ships, the human made giant whales
船舶， 人工制造的巨鯨
Amazing wonder in the industrial era
工業時代的奇跡
Sailing all around our earth
遨游在我們的地球
With full loaded cargoes, coal, crude oil, grains, various industrial products
滿載著各種貨物，煤炭，石油，糧食，還有各種工業產品
And our prides, honours, wills, and ambitions
還有我們的驕傲，榮耀，期許和雄心
To change this world by exchange
以貨物貿易，改變著我們的整個世界
Like babies, these giant whales were born from their matrix—shipyards
像嬰兒一樣，這些巨鯨誕生于她們的母體—船廠
The first steel plate’s cutting declares her birth
第一塊鋼板的切割宣告了她的誕生
The first keel laying shows her entering into school
第一塊龍骨的鋪設標志著她的入學
And once she launches, she starts to touch the water by herself for the first time
亟待下水，她第一次親自觸摸了水的溫柔
At the delivery ceremony, she graduates and ready to sail for the oceans.
乃至交船，她便張開雙臂，準備揚帆遠航
She starts to be busy on travelling among the ports all over the world
從此以后，她便穿梭于世界的各大港口，到處留下她繁忙的背影
Like an Amazon fighter never stops
就像亞馬遜女戰士一樣，永不停歇
Loading, unloading
裝載，卸貨
She breaks, she repairs
她疲憊受傷，她休整后繼續前行
One day, she found that her is slowing
直到有一天，她發現自己的身軀有些倦怠
She knows that she is getting older
才忽然意識到，她已經慢慢老了
With no more beautiful face and firm body
不再有華麗的外裝，和堅實的臂膀
What does not change that she is still staggering forwards
即使如此，又有何妨；即使蹣跚，仍眺望遠方
Till she sees Bangladesh
直到又一天，她仿佛看見了孟加拉海灘的拆船廠
The port where she lies
那會是她最后的歸宿
She is so tired
她累了
White whale is not stranding but slept
巨鯨不會擱淺，她只是睡了
Dreaming of those old days
夢中閃過那些榮耀的日子
Dreaming of where she comes
夢回了她出生的地方
The sunset shines over her
西沉的夕陽照在她身上
And the seagulls fly by
海鷗飛掠而過
She just sleeps on
她沉沉地睡了
And on
睡了
With peace and hopes
睡得是如此的安詳，依舊滿懷著希望
