在老板孩子的学子宴上，挨着我旁边坐着的有些清廋的60多岁老头被主持人介绍到台前，给大家唱了一首《红星照我去战斗》。一片掌声中他又回到了我的坐旁。

At the student banquet of the boss's children, some thin old men in their 60s sitting next to me were introduced to the stage by the host and sang a song "red star takes me to fight". In the applause, he came back to my seat.

这时老板介绍我们认识，原来这位大哥叫郑占琦，是老板的朋友，当年曾被上山下乡的滚滚洪流冲到了我们黑龙江生产建设兵团。聊起来，他下乡的地方离我住的佳木斯只有50多公里，属于宝泉岭管理局的新华农场，当时按兵团建制是2师16团。

At this time, the boss introduced us. It turned out that the eldest brother was Zheng Zhanqi, a friend of the boss. He was rushed to our Heilongjiang production and Construction Corps by the torrent of going to the countryside. Talking about it, the place where he went to the countryside was only more than 50 kilometers away from Jiamusi, where I lived. It belonged to Xinhua farm of Baoquanling Administration Bureau. At that time, according to the formation of BINGTUAN, it was the 16th regiment of 2nd division.

北大荒的亲情把我们连到了一起，一茶杯牛栏山酒下肚后，郑大哥给我讲起了他对北大荒的感情。还给我唱上了他作词的《第二故乡这首歌》。

Beidahuang's family ties brought us together. After a cup of Niulanshan wine, elder brother Zheng told me about his feelings for Beidahuang. He also sang the song of his second hometown.

北大荒，我的第二故乡

Beidahuang, my second hometown

北大荒吆，我时时刻刻把你回想！

I think of you all the time!

北大荒

Great Northern Wilderness

骄傲的高粱红脸膛，俏皮的玉米胡子长；憨厚的大豆摇铃响，朴实的麦浪闪金光吆，闪金光！

Proud sorghum red face, playful corn beard long; Simple and honest soybean ring, simple wheat wave flash golden light call, flash golden light!

北大荒

Great Northern Wilderness

我喝过你的清泉水，我穿过你补的旧军装；收获时忙碌在康拜因，巡逻时手握着五尺枪吆，五尺枪！

I've drunk your spring water, and I've gone through your old military uniform; Harvest busy in kangbein, patrol with five foot gun, five foot gun!

北大仓吆，我的第二故乡，我的第二故乡吆！

Beidacang, my second hometown, my second hometown!

北大仓吆，我时时刻刻把你向往，把你向往吆------

Beidacang, I yearn for you all the time------

歌词朴实，曲调优扬，把人一下子就带回了北大荒，带回了那个战天斗地的火红年代。

The lyrics are simple and the melody is excellent, which brings people back to the Northern Wilderness and the fiery age of fighting against heaven and earth.

郑占琦是北京通州人，是1968年下乡到了黑龙江的那批知青。在那个大肆提倡精神高于一切的年代，他被选调到了毛泽东思想宣传队做了说唱演员。

Zheng Zhanqi, a native of Tongzhou in Beijing, was a group of educated youth who went to the countryside to Heilongjiang in 1968. In the era of advocating spirit above everything, he was transferred to the propaganda team of Mao Zedong Thought as a rapper.

当年与他一起说相声的搭珰姜昆早就成了中国演艺界的名人。而他还在这艺术的道路上艰难地探索着，可喜的是他为保护地球生态创作的歌词在世界地球日那天经一个6岁儿童演唱后获得了一等奖，这也是他从事艺术事业后被官方和媒体的最高肯定。

Jiang Kun, who used to talk with him in crosstalk, has long been a celebrity in China's performing industry. And he is still exploring the road of art. Fortunately, the lyrics he created to protect the earth's ecology won the first prize after being sung by a 6-year-old child on world earth day, which is also the highest recognition of the official and the media after he engaged in art career.

今天他带来了录有这首获奖歌曲的演唱光盘，听后没有象听《北大荒我第二故乡》那样引起我的共鸣。可能与我有当年在北大荒生活的经历有关。

Today, he brought a CD-ROM recording this award-winning song. After listening to it, I didn't get the same resonance as listening to "my second hometown in Northern Wilderness". Maybe it has something to do with my life experience in Beidahuang.

现在看到郑大哥有些沧桑的脸，想到生活的艰辛，只有一个感慨就是珍惜眼前。

Now I see elder brother Zheng's face with some vicissitudes. When I think of the hardships of life, I have only one feeling, that is, to cherish the present.

2012年7月30

30 July 2012