彝人梦见的颜色
 ――关于一个民族最常使用的三种颜色的印象

（我梦见过那样一些颜色
我的眼里常含着深情的泪水）

我梦见过黑色
我梦见过黑色的披毡被人高高地扬起
黑色的祭品独自走向祖先的魂灵
黑色的英雄结上爬满了不落的星
但我不会不知道
这个甜蜜而又悲哀的种族
从什么时候起就自称为诺苏

我梦见过红色
我梦见过红色的飘带在牛角上鸣响
红色的长裙在吹动一支缠绵的谣曲
红色的马鞍幻想着自由自在地飞翔
我梦见过红色
但我不会不知道
这个人类血液的颜色
从什么时候起就在祖先的血管里流淌

我梦见过黄色
我梦见过一千把黄色的伞在远山歌唱
黄色的衣边牵着了跳荡的太阳
黄色的口弦在闪动明亮的翅膀
我梦见过黄色
但我不会不知道
这个世上美丽和光明的颜色
从什么时候起就留在了古老的木质器皿上

（我梦见过那样一些颜色
我的眼里常含着深情的泪水）

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* 诺苏：即彝语黑色的民族，彝族的自称。

The Colors in the Yi People’s Dreams    
  ----the impression on the three kinds of colors the Yi people like.
 
(With tears full of deep feelings
I have dreamed those colors）

I have dreamed black
I have dreamed the black felt overcoats were raised highly
the black sacrificial offerings alone went towards our forefathers’ souls
the black heroic knot is covered with the eternal stars
But I know clearly
from which day on this sweet and sad race
began to title itself Nuosu 

I have dreamed red
I have dreamed a red streamer sounding around the ox horn
a red skirt played a folksong with deep feelings
a red saddle dreamed of a free flight
I have dreamed red
I know clearly
from which day on this kind of color of human blood
began to flow in my forefathers’ blood vessel

I have dreamed yellow
I have dreamed one thousand yellow umbrellas singing in the distant mountains
the yellow laces on the skirts have led the jumping sun
the yellow Kouxian waving its bright wings
I have dreamed yellow
I know clearly
from which day on this beautiful and bright color of the world
began to be left on the ancient wooden household utensils

( With tears full of deep feelings in my eyes
I have dreamed colors as those )

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* Nuosu---“a black nationality ” in the Yi nationality language .