标题: 【原创英文诗首发】兵马俑 [打印本页] 作者: 莫笑愚 时间: 2015-9-7 08:05 标题: 【原创英文诗首发】兵马俑 Terra cotta soldiers# z7 f( x# Y" @1 e
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+ K: ~5 N+ |0 T: ha dead cat bounced once or twice ' n; m$ ?5 `8 V; X" R! \7 l1 L& Ia dead man walked as a soldier from Qin dynasty- Q- L2 m1 C: O/ c( U5 [
who dreamed about climbing the Great Wall across the vast * S- d; u# S* J& M# A* Q1 W
northern wasteland 7 d5 |2 C0 }6 Q" M7 D+ b# jand only found himself turned into a ghost in the bushes ! f, H! h0 S6 C1 F9 n& d5 olike a shapeless shadow of wind * Z+ W% B7 ~# [$ B$ W6 o$ m8 X! o7 y
such vivid affairs one could not tell , E+ f$ h1 n1 Vin the midnight silence' O( H; O+ E2 E* s
and I knew nothing about the basement" R$ _ a7 b# B( U7 J
where rats and cockroaches fought among themselves+ _, b9 a/ T6 u! n0 E1 k% ~. \# J0 ]
I was alive, but couldn't walk nor bounce around & ]4 C# M2 Y7 Y, C Jas a black swan or a white cat ) C6 {, q6 |% E' ^3 t9 \$ k4 pwhile you said, come join the soldiers of the cockroaches.) I- ~ T2 |; ?3 L# b& L# M$ Q& r j
3 {/ Q- R0 P8 V, W4 IWhy not rats, I asked.6 L& T/ h+ l" D P0 M) [
one inch seemed one million miles away : S3 ]" a1 ^5 Q) V, Vwith two worlds apart / D, T7 l6 Z" T N1 z- _8 A8 ythere was something inside me I couldn't reach ( f) G- i! j' [* w: B) ^: W"tear me into pieces", you said, / [2 F$ k1 ?2 I) G) z- A& Z/ e3 S5 X"nothing is authentic or genuine as you will see * `+ j0 [; X) o6 K+ G: J% i- N! K9 a
in pieces of me"- Z. n( q+ P7 P, k$ T! N
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I was alive, but couldn't walk as a living being8 {9 s5 h; A# l8 d
the world surrounding me * X8 [/ K6 n4 _! awas a tiny drop of the rain, dripping down ) t0 u2 e' p6 V5 H4 ~
from a pigeon's wing-tip 8 {( T" c" ~* K' y4 } H+ s0 Ktime turned into a grain of sand --3 }0 |, w8 y8 t0 w5 j
-- the sole truth of the universe; Z% A) H$ A v4 }
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with sore and pain in my back& s/ n d4 G) {- [5 k
I couldn't go too far from my flesh nor bring the true pieces of me 3 G8 W3 |/ p$ G& d
to the silent tides " X# q1 L! _/ G' f6 d! }( m" oI couldn't touch the shades of solidity; m* }" Z7 |' m3 ?; L0 z' e
while my door was cracking --6 u8 B# E# b2 c5 d
the boundary of myself was disappearing 8 J4 Z% e& i8 H* g* P* rsomething completely foreign was reshaping: S+ T2 a# m3 I8 c6 B3 H; R% d$ M3 R
I felt the dim light of the rainy day came inside me 4 I2 b- V' {8 n6 o0 L7 h' Pand shed on the cracked floor 8 `" C) h3 ?1 `1 F6 P$ g# u8 `- T
when curtains were still tightly shut0 j' ~* Y: p. C$ d" d
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Gapping, sobbing, and yelling in pain 5 M- }4 V& ]+ w# z3 cI felt the dead man moving out of my body( `7 M/ p# T, A+ e. A8 ~5 f1 ~- c0 _; x
and the grain of sand was free-flying; o/ [& A& w3 ?) d; |; L
in the pouring rain & O' a b9 S4 C- g, b! }love or being loved was a state of quantum / F }; I. F' U$ q7 `! }
-- rats or cockroaches didn't matter -- 1 m. P) t* \; J4 ?2 D! e- cwhen a terra cotta soldier was walking : J; _$ g. F8 j8 @, J
in the mighty wind. 6 T1 V2 P" t, \6 n1 h$ L $ E! @/ E- i6 ~7 ]3 YSept. 6, 2015 written in BJ/ N/ D: C( u0 x6 A$ x
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7 y( L# H% W; C3 P- e 《兵马俑》 3 a% K9 W o" O4 d# q8 F( E4 q% E1 y
作者、翻译：莫笑愚 % x! n V3 D# Q2 w; N0 |0 d" Q5 c1 f
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一只死猫回光返照了一次或两次 2 U. t/ z5 |1 I# J# J) T. B3 ~; L一个死去的人行走，仿佛来自秦朝的兵士% _8 h8 `4 A! _1 ^
他梦见自己跨越北方广袤的荒原! [0 P d: C; d3 ]5 M- ^
攀上了长城 # ~/ y5 j w/ Y4 G结果却发现自己变成鬼魂 6 z' R) s7 O: Z/ r! v* M仿佛草丛中无形的风影 , P! B* G9 p3 [2 P' ?- j, ^3 c# [+ y2 L1 V7 @* R: y- k
人们在午夜的寂静中 ( \& [8 k' B* `分不清这些生动的事物 $ ^# N! [( i+ ^8 `/ O' d而我对地下室里发生的一切也一无所知& K) c' [; q) X$ }4 J
老鼠和蟑螂在那里战斗3 _2 p& [. \/ S9 n: ~
我活着，却不能像黑天鹅或白猫那样6 k9 d# |' L6 d$ ?- H
行走或弹跳 $ M7 F! _3 U$ R5 O4 X6 e而你说，来吧，加入蟑螂的战斗群。 0 `9 x8 ]! E( }4 h3 c- `% t; S$ z. f( L2 R( n2 O
为什么不是老鼠，我说。 ) ]+ i/ k+ `/ k% m' }( X' R; T& u一英寸似乎相隔百万英里( ]8 @& t) E' T! l7 ~
两个世界天差地别 % g6 h4 V. T0 x2 j# P2 G( N+ s一些东西在我心中，我无法触及3 K* U) { T' X- b
“将我撕成碎片吧”，你对我说， 8 W1 R0 @7 Q5 C) G7 {9 i8 f“在碎裂的我中，没有什么是纯正的 4 _+ H# _ b7 A: L' M4 K+ @; H) Y或真实的” # N# t% h: p' s" D+ d2 i# C6 }" r- ]. p8 j
我活着，无法如众生行走4 _6 ]2 X. A3 v. J% m
我周围的世界$ j+ A3 G% ]! }# Z; P7 E& y
是一小滴雨水，从鸽子的翅尖; u1 W) Z0 Y& f" {. o( P
滴落 2 C, @) x N6 A- t/ `+ L" Z时间成为一粒沙 ——# p! K) n( S J. R5 s! w
—— 这宇宙的唯一真理- K% U- |" x# _
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我腰酸背痛 ; y4 u5 U7 C9 H( d$ {无法离开自身的肉体走得太远，也不能将真实的我的碎片2 t0 L4 d4 X0 r8 \1 ]4 S( l) n0 T- X
带进静默的潮汐 —— / \* n- C5 {" ~3 N6 W m' I2 @我无法触碰这坚固的阴影% ]% h& m- [; Z3 l
而我的门在开裂 # d, M Z6 o5 \我自身的边界在消失# h/ @6 ]% W" {3 ]% I+ X
一些完全陌生的事物在重塑1 B/ b- y# K) O' y; \5 @+ N
我感到昏暗的灯光在雨天进入我的内心 5 I" W/ R6 o( q洒在破裂的地板上 2 W2 z: l0 V7 u7 _1 o, p. F当窗帘依然紧闭' G) \- @7 J- o
: I/ t2 v1 e) u4 m- R" o, S4 N. L撕裂着，哭泣着，带着疼痛呼号着 ; z# m/ R: Y2 M% w) x0 V% a. Y, m我感到这死去的人正在移出我的体内- B& A9 @5 R$ S9 p5 i
而细小的沙粒在瓢泼大雨中 ' o4 x- L9 i @% P自由飞行——9 I& H' e) A c/ S- [
爱或被爱都是量子状态0 J; L) ~7 J, r' V8 m6 R3 w2 c9 O
—— 老鼠或蟑螂都不重要 —— / Q5 f% h2 @4 X% L# D: V当兵马俑的士兵2 q4 ^/ Q7 o5 m7 R
行走，在迅疾的风中。4 N: ]: R" w; V* Y" l. @
