A billion people partied,
A billion people danced,
A billion people watched,
A billion stood entranced,
A billion people smiled,
A billion people sang,
A billion people cheered,
When the new millennium began.
A billion fireworks exploded,
Like a global starting gun,
So no one could miss the fact that
The new millennium had begun.
On this first day of January,
There's more hope than ever before,
That the world can all push together,
On an already half-open door.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Interesting perspective, Clive. I'm not sure if the last stanza is meant to be hopeful or ironic (considering world conditions 16 years later...) . For my take on the millenium you might like to read my Epitaph of the Twentieth Century and in the same vein, Remember Shanghai New Year.