Rememberance Day~

 

       In Flanders Fields               

 

In Flanders Fields the Poppies blow

Between the crosses, row and 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.

 

~ John McCrae

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每年的Nov. 11是加拿大的國軍戰士紀念日, 在這稱為Remembrance Day.

是紀念第一次世界大戰, 第二次世界大戰, 以及韓戰及之後所有為國家為和平所戰的軍人們.

每年這時候, 就可以看到人人都佩帶一朵紅色的櫻粟花(Poppy), 用來紀念這些戰士們, 而為何選櫻粟花? 則跟上面所寫的這首詩有關.

這首詩在小學的時候老師就會教小朋友, 意義深遠的一首詩, 我們來的第一年, 女兒在學校學了回來教我的, 所以我就把它抄在筆記本裡, 每年的Remembrance Day, 我雖無法體會戰士家屬的心傷,卻從詩中也能感受到些許的哀怨及對後人的鼓舞.

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/vimy/vimy1a