冬季持续了八万年 Winter lasted eighty thousand years
这块大陆上覆盖着一层冰 A mantle of ice covered the continent
在那些恶劣的条件下 In those hostile conditions,
动物们对抗着冰川的温度 animals fought the glacial temperatures
在这浩瀚的世界，只有极少数人类的痕迹 In this immensity, very few traces of mankind,
只有几堆岩石 only a few piles of rocks
与没完没了的结束 And the interminable ends
不知不觉 Imperceptibly,
地球倾斜，给自己更多一点的阳光 the Earth tilted, and offered itself to the Sun a bit more
几度的变化 A few degrees of change
一切都被推翻了 and everything was overturned
整个悬崖崩溃 Entire cliffs crumbled
沉到海洋中 and sank into the ocean,
揭示了欧洲的海岸 revealing the European coasts
冰河时代的动物 For Ice Age animals
一个北极圈的漫长旅程开始了 a long journey to the polar circle began
一万二千年前 Twelve thousand years ago,
地表升温 the ground was heating up
水面窜动 Water sprang
新的生活开始了 A new life began
树木开始征服大陆 Trees began their conquest of the continent
在几个世纪内 Within a few centuries,
欧洲变成一个绿叶的海洋 Europe became an ocean of greenery
因此，森林的黄金时代开始了 And so the golden age of forests began
因此，季节诞生了 Thus seasons were born
地球四季
森林里充满了动物 The forest was full of animals,
男人 men,
和上帝 and divinities
随着季节的节奏 following the rhythm of the seasons
在不变的天空下 Under the unchanging sky,
在季节和几个世纪的过程中 life went on, in the course of seasons
继续生活 and centuries
数千年过去了 Thousands of years passed,
显然没有什么改变 and apparently, nothing had changed
一个新的时代即将到来 A new time was coming
那些崇拜的泉水和树木 Those who worshiped springs and trees
把他们的地方给了那些 gave their place to new men
曾在地上工作和驯养动物的人 who worked the ground and domesticated animals
狼去了森林深处 Wolves went deep into the forest,
猎人消失无踪 and huntergatherers vanished without a trace
森林的黄金时代 The golden age of forests
已经过去了 was over
森林退化 Forests retreated
领域开始与他们接壤 Fields started bordering them
大的动物撤出，离开他们的领土 Big animals withdrew,leaving their territories
一个世界消失了 A world disappeared
第一次 For the first time,
动物的领土变得支离破碎 the animal territories were fragmented, divided
风景彻底改变了 The landscape was metamorphosed
一个国家诞生了 The country was born
新的工厂取代了森林的树木 New plants replaced the trees of the forests
新的环境 New environment,
新的机遇 new opportunities
森林变得不那么茂密了 Forests became less dense,
他们寻求避难变得很困难 Seeking refuge in them became difficult
动物们开始冒险了 Animals started venturing uncovered
开花的花园慢慢取代自然 Flowered gardens slowly replaced nature
春天依然在流淌 Springs were still flowing
至于茂密的森林，他们的时间正在统计 As for thick forests, their time was being counted
森林被修剪 Forests were trimmed,
为狩猎修剪 refitted for the hunt
三千橡树几乎足以 Three thousand oaks were barely enough
建一艘皇家海军舰队的船 to build a single ship for the Royal Fleet
森林所支付的敬意很快就变得不可持续了 The tribute paid by the forests soon became unsustainable
在这个新的世界 In this new world,
狼再也没有它们生存的空间了 wolves didn't have their place anymore
追踪，猎杀 Tracked, hunted,
他们遭受了一次无情的战争 they suffered from a merciless war
从现在开始 From now on,
动物被宣布为有用的，不需要的 animals were declared useful, unwanted
或… or
不幸的象征 symbols of misfortune
他们的领土消失 Their territories disappearing,
大型凶猛的动物 big savage animals
在最偏远的地区避难 took refuge in the most remote areas
这座山仍然是野生的 The mountain was still wild
在平原上 In the plains,
这个国家向许多动物提供了 the country offered to a multitude of animals
新的自由的地方 new places of freedom
鸟儿现在可以欣赏夏天的阳光 Birds now could appreciate the summer sun
在野牛和野马曾经生活过的地方 Where buffaloes and wild horses used to live
蜜蜂和蝴蝶正忙着 bees and butterflies were now busy
它需要一只鸟唱歌的时间 For the time it takes for a bird to sing,
有时，战争陷入了沉默 sometimes, the war falls silent
毒气已经有了新的用途 War gases have found a new use
魔法师的学徒们 Sorcerer's apprentices,
男人成了一种地质力量 men became a geological force
他们修改自然 They modify nature,
和季节 and seasons
什么是森林的黄金时代？ What does remain of the golden age of forests?
在这里，一万年前 Here, ten thousand years ago,
我们会发现一个野生动物居住的森林 we would have found a forest populated by wild animals
如果我们能够建立永恒的城市 If we are able to build eternal cities,
那么我们必须保护我们的野生世界 we must be able to preserve the wild part of our world
我们觉得我们的地球人该怎么办？ How do we think about our fellow Earthlings?
那些是我们必须分享的领土 Those we must share the territories with
威胁，来自各方的攻击 Threatened, attacked from all sides,
我们的本性还没有退位 our nature still hasn't abdicated
现在还不晚 It's not too late
它的抵抗 It's resisting
我们与动物共同的历史 Our common history with animals
是漫长的，粗暴的 has been long and rowdy
在这个新世纪的开始 At the beginning of this new century,
建立一个新的联盟仍然是有可能的 a new alliance is still possible