Terra cotta soldiers+ q6 J5 c Z- y6 f ~% v
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a dead cat bounced once or twice* W6 I0 o; a( @( _3 x
a dead man walked as a soldier from Qin dynasty
9 P: _; K z7 c3 j9 I, X6 V& Swho dreamed about climbing the Great Wall across the vast " [' c! ^& b. _7 b, T; Q9 T( C
northern wasteland
! _7 F. ^- j o2 N: m1 M1 Gand only found himself turned into a ghost in the bushes / g" d4 e2 P! C
like a shapeless shadow of wind7 M% b- q6 G$ R! y" x6 h4 U
9 P* V8 I" ]/ q7 P& k% R2 o$ s. M. Tsuch vivid affairs one could not tell
, p! V6 X8 W. Q% a- @/ Tin the midnight silence4 M8 H3 |' G: R7 ^8 Q0 m! x _
and I knew nothing about the basement. P. Z% T" O. n# ~
where rats and cockroaches fought among themselves7 W _9 L! }* D' F2 d# ^! {
I was alive, but couldn't walk nor bounce around9 m* L& b, Z/ \3 v' ]5 _0 @
as a black swan or a white cat
; V& H2 p8 ]7 Vwhile you said, come join the soldiers of the cockroaches.
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' |9 d: ]/ C6 k* `* q) tWhy not rats, I asked.
# K9 L9 R% Y/ gone inch seemed one million miles away
7 m8 Q' }- k) o; wwith two worlds apart! S! } s" a( x+ C! T4 M
there was something inside me I couldn't reach
: N) K# C8 H ^"tear me into pieces", you said,4 g! O, @' t$ g; \# [
"nothing is authentic or genuine as you will see
+ P* a. s3 \! s$ }# w7 k: {! L( }in pieces of me"5 m6 u4 _! S6 {* _, x6 e) t
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I was alive, but couldn't walk as a living being
8 m3 M0 K& E3 C( i+ v( \6 Athe world surrounding me
# H# U, |; J) D% ~was a tiny drop of the rain, dripping down
) B4 S, r- }. Q0 ^; Lfrom a pigeon's wing-tip
. B1 @# l Q- P# d* C) n/ W- F! Gtime turned into a grain of sand --
( G4 v" h, W& d-- the sole truth of the universe* `6 ~. f6 P( Q- F
: |$ m/ }5 R% E$ c$ w+ s* cwith sore and pain in my back# }! F; o2 X' ^5 ?$ ^8 t3 `1 [
I couldn't go too far from my flesh nor bring the true pieces of me
7 ?/ ^& C$ G9 ]* Zto the silent tides
) R/ R3 m# s( w$ ZI couldn't touch the shades of solidity
4 v" b# c4 T u2 j) H1 kwhile my door was cracking --
3 V3 q6 i( O1 jthe boundary of myself was disappearing
3 h0 v% i: i* [7 x0 F) ~1 @something completely foreign was reshaping
. m6 U- P1 K" U, BI felt the dim light of the rainy day came inside me
/ ~- X, b3 v% Q- [2 O9 N1 o4 o8 N0 dand shed on the cracked floor
7 P6 |$ f, L( S% `$ pwhen curtains were still tightly shut& \. H$ q2 `# b
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Gapping, sobbing, and yelling in pain$ f! {+ s8 r- o# O, a q7 @
I felt the dead man moving out of my body ~9 e: K$ j6 U. N. w
and the grain of sand was free-flying/ P1 o# C( [ _0 o$ j
in the pouring rain
( ]3 @& T3 c9 S4 i& Mlove or being loved was a state of quantum 5 z7 ]- v5 |( d" ?4 D6 \3 F0 L
-- rats or cockroaches didn't matter --
- m* [8 y' I8 Vwhen a terra cotta soldier was walking
1 L7 I. L! s! R3 p9 F3 V5 fin the mighty wind.+ R( Y* `7 y, U* D. M; V
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Sept. 6, 2015 written in BJ
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# M! h0 u# B$ D* [附中文翻译：: J: A0 D7 }9 t' }- X {8 s( m
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《兵马俑》
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, H* M7 S6 n$ S; C作者、翻译：莫笑愚
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一只死猫回光返照了一次或两次
4 p3 n1 ^' ~ A- T% o一个死去的人行走，仿佛来自秦朝的兵士
; c. ~4 z( |1 y" O+ `他梦见自己跨越北方广袤的荒原3 D" M( e2 Z3 o) r% m; u. Z2 N: s
攀上了长城2 [, E4 `, O/ k/ d4 [% C7 @, V
结果却发现自己变成鬼魂
8 t: K; U9 r/ h& K) l6 H仿佛草丛中无形的风影
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* a8 x- a* a L' V) Z5 E, H: o人们在午夜的寂静中
0 {6 k0 O) P. U$ g) K) ~1 j, \9 R分不清这些生动的事物( a: X) p o7 b& R
而我对地下室里发生的一切也一无所知
: B# ^& p4 ?+ F3 _3 c' B5 D4 l老鼠和蟑螂在那里战斗
6 Z) g4 ?! B$ j, I. P: l我活着，却不能像黑天鹅或白猫那样
) Q9 `% N1 x4 O0 k0 `行走或弹跳
: @* A2 M3 v* c7 Z而你说，来吧，加入蟑螂的战斗群。6 A6 H% f( {% k7 X8 C! t/ n+ F
; p) f( S5 z0 {6 o6 |: }2 K为什么不是老鼠，我说。
* C; }) C2 B0 G一英寸似乎相隔百万英里
# H" P4 R8 S; M; k9 j" S两个世界天差地别$ O; L9 H" m9 z) F: _& M
一些东西在我心中，我无法触及
( Y0 g+ m! T6 E8 x6 z5 E4 W" }“将我撕成碎片吧”，你对我说，1 Z: G W8 B- M% \( g" d& k
“在碎裂的我中，没有什么是纯正的 T% N3 |; E6 K- t4 Z$ v R
或真实的”. q+ k5 K! V) t. j. U p" f# N- P
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我活着，无法如众生行走 p# W% S; p2 \: A; B/ u6 S
我周围的世界! i, R, y1 u- ]& I* l
是一小滴雨水，从鸽子的翅尖
' H. i0 _5 J! ^) B F滴落
3 {7 k3 z( M/ c$ X/ T* t时间成为一粒沙 ——9 x; A- L: {& R! }) l6 d0 n- i
—— 这宇宙的唯一真理
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( ?& @; p# m8 d8 U9 `" x我腰酸背痛# a* a+ d( v" u% L
无法离开自身的肉体走得太远，也不能将真实的我的碎片/ N( h& G n Q: o" }9 P8 k" p
带进静默的潮汐 ——
# y( `* h. `5 @, N# n X我无法触碰这坚固的阴影' B; D5 N1 u/ L/ o- k9 I( s2 w
而我的门在开裂
R' ]: g% @/ F9 h' S4 a我自身的边界在消失
3 e$ |1 m6 a' J( `一些完全陌生的事物在重塑, r& F9 ] i) e8 c' J7 w% A
我感到昏暗的灯光在雨天进入我的内心
% y1 C7 s+ I; ?; X洒在破裂的地板上
# z# Z/ _4 S8 X9 Y0 u7 w当窗帘依然紧闭: I# { X0 u4 I7 Z7 A
/ Z1 m3 m7 M: L1 m% v, L/ ^撕裂着，哭泣着，带着疼痛呼号着$ ?, M |2 S: \% y' P- M) v0 H! q
我感到这死去的人正在移出我的体内
9 W" F) V: [! w( T" C而细小的沙粒在瓢泼大雨中
9 L: O9 `0 w7 r% K$ m7 G2 o自由飞行——
$ I7 `- q% V" Y1 ?爱或被爱都是量子状态
/ m# y8 P; u" |) p' m! G7 x, ~—— 老鼠或蟑螂都不重要 ——
. ]+ Q. s" ?* L) Z当兵马俑的士兵
5 ]' Y+ O) s/ ]" o' _8 u# W, u# k8 c/ X行走，在迅疾的风中。
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