Terra cotta soldiers
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! T, x+ l& x& D% E sa dead cat bounced once or twice" q! Y9 Z- }3 | J: j$ e
a dead man walked as a soldier from Qin dynasty
8 n5 D; S: a. k, c3 wwho dreamed about climbing the Great Wall across the vast
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9 t; L" f# O4 g7 J- S- nand only found himself turned into a ghost in the bushes ' d7 ^$ W! j2 b% j
like a shapeless shadow of wind
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/ g- q& _5 N: W2 Y! r3 Fsuch vivid affairs one could not tell9 c5 n5 k" B1 n, |8 i+ F6 C
in the midnight silence) b& S/ w1 H1 \" `
and I knew nothing about the basement# r! w5 \8 {- V3 q+ ]1 _* }
where rats and cockroaches fought among themselves( P0 S& J/ j- E9 ?) F' |
I was alive, but couldn't walk nor bounce around9 N/ T# y9 M) p( W
as a black swan or a white cat- |3 g9 G4 n% B- y* h
while you said, come join the soldiers of the cockroaches.
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8 j" r3 D: K! K) x+ GWhy not rats, I asked.. i( _+ B' d- k% v) x5 M# K
one inch seemed one million miles away/ H. m4 l) I3 F7 c0 h2 S2 e
with two worlds apart
) s! g) ?% ^) g3 ^" e( ?& |' Kthere was something inside me I couldn't reach7 o9 S, \6 q% T5 [
"tear me into pieces", you said,
6 \; n* b) g4 }+ y7 j9 w"nothing is authentic or genuine as you will see 2 y0 o h- m0 o3 N- O
in pieces of me"
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I was alive, but couldn't walk as a living being
+ K- }( ~& j4 x. Y1 Ithe world surrounding me w2 K( ^+ `! h# c: `
was a tiny drop of the rain, dripping down
4 M! Y. G! A. V' K- O z( gfrom a pigeon's wing-tip' v2 i: H- |' P- R$ T G
time turned into a grain of sand --
- X+ v* ^0 L, B-- the sole truth of the universe) D {: s, l6 b- V
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with sore and pain in my back! @" O. [) l* f6 x2 U' g! o
I couldn't go too far from my flesh nor bring the true pieces of me 8 P( Z0 g" j2 k* c# Y- M3 H9 }% K
to the silent tides
% ?* e4 n: W: C* oI couldn't touch the shades of solidity
4 C+ O1 L) f! e+ G+ S6 vwhile my door was cracking --9 ^- o( j( E1 i" A. ~/ F' L$ {
the boundary of myself was disappearing- D! C# k0 f+ b: ~- U k; A
something completely foreign was reshaping1 y1 j3 u( J: A- m2 x
I felt the dim light of the rainy day came inside me + @8 y; O: a+ B6 w' s
and shed on the cracked floor
% R4 |8 Y1 x0 O6 }) awhen curtains were still tightly shut& i4 Y' F n% n
0 L" |: I1 r! Y( i5 sGapping, sobbing, and yelling in pain
7 J) U; L1 q- J' h, zI felt the dead man moving out of my body
: y7 a1 H E1 b, D. k( |and the grain of sand was free-flying0 P1 J% q0 l% ]* M" K& b
in the pouring rain
! R- u, H0 \* Y$ Hlove or being loved was a state of quantum
* a' e" _& ?, M8 \$ O9 F0 P-- rats or cockroaches didn't matter --( x6 z" g% @! F8 t( P% w
when a terra cotta soldier was walking
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Sept. 6, 2015 written in BJ
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/ g* t* ~/ R! Z6 K t附中文翻译：" K. F- u" _8 D
/ Y3 Z! H* }2 E4 N, b* P( S& Y《兵马俑》
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3 l8 l+ Y, C" C) B5 r% ^6 W: [; x# O作者、翻译：莫笑愚9 e& X. o2 z. y
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一只死猫回光返照了一次或两次% p$ ?& w+ Z' B1 x8 P( L
一个死去的人行走，仿佛来自秦朝的兵士
% h/ s9 n4 ]& [9 O( w& `他梦见自己跨越北方广袤的荒原
0 o2 f5 I' B# Y' d h+ T/ {攀上了长城$ v2 V' |: u: R3 b) y. N
结果却发现自己变成鬼魂
0 m4 \8 C4 ]4 ?1 N4 W仿佛草丛中无形的风影8 \# G5 S6 G/ t5 X$ y# G
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人们在午夜的寂静中
2 R7 I, R6 D& J9 n* C1 F. D分不清这些生动的事物2 w( @- }/ K# S2 Y
而我对地下室里发生的一切也一无所知/ }% U8 S( S# Z, u. \: u0 |
老鼠和蟑螂在那里战斗
$ W1 _. F( V8 v v% B3 P我活着，却不能像黑天鹅或白猫那样5 Q% j! A- ~' `
行走或弹跳2 L3 t; }5 d9 K1 S8 B. O
而你说，来吧，加入蟑螂的战斗群。* R' i; F* E5 }7 P4 `3 K1 `& ?
+ ~7 G$ L2 Y# q( B3 g9 d为什么不是老鼠，我说。
; [+ D3 ~% A+ `3 ^8 @一英寸似乎相隔百万英里/ U9 Z) x! @7 O
两个世界天差地别
2 k& H! n3 c4 r5 _1 T( C一些东西在我心中，我无法触及
_% Q8 j0 N$ `. \' m" e“将我撕成碎片吧”，你对我说，
( c& e* X4 t! p1 `' j“在碎裂的我中，没有什么是纯正的
/ m. b, l3 M; b2 g0 U+ v或真实的”6 Y9 G: R6 s! n) t) B% k
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我活着，无法如众生行走# \3 G' o8 i e
我周围的世界' z O G4 N3 {! n" T. A7 d
是一小滴雨水，从鸽子的翅尖
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时间成为一粒沙 ——
2 e0 V* C# A& Q% l3 Q9 \$ } Q—— 这宇宙的唯一真理
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我腰酸背痛! R# R0 W/ m6 S5 X: m' P9 Z, W/ @
无法离开自身的肉体走得太远，也不能将真实的我的碎片9 F0 K* o x* m4 Z* Q: F
带进静默的潮汐 ——
1 P# ?" `; |: x2 Q我无法触碰这坚固的阴影4 K1 X% Z3 i: [( ~
而我的门在开裂* K; U0 q" S* y/ B$ }
我自身的边界在消失
; Z7 _+ N0 }; H U t' E一些完全陌生的事物在重塑6 }2 R( d5 _6 `' |! G
我感到昏暗的灯光在雨天进入我的内心+ G8 K7 S$ f# `4 ?
洒在破裂的地板上. R! F3 m* U& v! k: R
当窗帘依然紧闭
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撕裂着，哭泣着，带着疼痛呼号着! i* _% P1 ?) L* ]5 o- w$ g5 h
我感到这死去的人正在移出我的体内 G) y ?5 p; M% x0 y3 u
而细小的沙粒在瓢泼大雨中
* ]# V, ]+ F% }自由飞行——
( L/ v: F; q* B9 S/ L爱或被爱都是量子状态+ n; ^8 K! F4 P5 M; r+ m. i# f( }$ B
—— 老鼠或蟑螂都不重要 ——8 P' o/ N& p5 n
当兵马俑的士兵. I8 q( a- ]* u8 B: r
行走，在迅疾的风中。; m; i4 K. v! V! H, r* |6 n+ T
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