Terra cotta soldiers2 N0 F1 z y4 y4 y) M: K
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5 q& f6 t, h; Ra dead cat bounced once or twice! m$ R& m: ~' A! Q* ^- H
a dead man walked as a soldier from Qin dynasty
; n& ]* X5 Y3 wwho dreamed about climbing the Great Wall across the vast . O. w) `8 ^7 Q2 M) U l+ K
northern wasteland 6 i+ f: v% m5 H/ A/ T% x
and only found himself turned into a ghost in the bushes
$ H" _- Y2 Y7 _3 v* s5 ?, slike a shapeless shadow of wind
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b4 X1 H: ]5 o6 f- w j: g. msuch vivid affairs one could not tell
7 t+ T( \1 n% D' \- j$ y, c- Win the midnight silence5 @$ p- N6 @: `0 ?9 x8 l; t
and I knew nothing about the basement
# _& j4 Q/ n" c- Vwhere rats and cockroaches fought among themselves
$ w; f0 |, U) o; v. j' `0 \( b0 e7 QI was alive, but couldn't walk nor bounce around& p, ]. ?* e2 J' h! o/ s3 y& d
as a black swan or a white cat: R2 ]/ \. W3 s. c& Z4 Y
while you said, come join the soldiers of the cockroaches.9 Y( \& Y: O; `: Y' p& `! p \
/ w/ d! W' {3 O. P5 UWhy not rats, I asked.
2 e3 D" Z/ Y6 pone inch seemed one million miles away
/ Z2 h3 o7 _7 t6 }with two worlds apart
' R" _! C* b: e# C6 Hthere was something inside me I couldn't reach0 D0 |9 T6 [2 p, E# Y9 L
"tear me into pieces", you said,6 N8 [; d6 T" J- b
"nothing is authentic or genuine as you will see
" w# { @/ v( _in pieces of me"
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I was alive, but couldn't walk as a living being' |' ?$ x* C( j0 f3 e& p- K8 b
the world surrounding me " O) Z- Y3 s% ~ B# I
was a tiny drop of the rain, dripping down 7 I/ [# A8 Y5 ]$ n8 Z; l1 J& t+ w
from a pigeon's wing-tip: V' }; }& H0 F- ~
time turned into a grain of sand --5 E' K3 o l- y* ]' v
-- the sole truth of the universe3 s m. q, r3 X& e+ d
; r+ { ?/ Q3 K9 awith sore and pain in my back
+ T' u% _/ T7 d$ `. c( TI couldn't go too far from my flesh nor bring the true pieces of me , Q( X2 {( K4 k* h$ r* Y8 J
to the silent tides8 k& D5 s$ o; F( C( |/ ^
I couldn't touch the shades of solidity0 p1 p) W/ |8 f" N4 U8 S+ ]
while my door was cracking --
. j9 ~7 u- z9 v) }& |/ P* v, A: Xthe boundary of myself was disappearing
m, l9 |- _5 H5 g5 vsomething completely foreign was reshaping9 u( u- q, v7 n4 P8 q, N
I felt the dim light of the rainy day came inside me - L& P3 x r7 }1 d- g' ?6 ~
and shed on the cracked floor
, @( G4 H5 l7 T2 _; uwhen curtains were still tightly shut7 ~; W7 i2 Q' a3 ^6 J
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Gapping, sobbing, and yelling in pain
* p# O1 Y S- \7 GI felt the dead man moving out of my body
! G# v7 g; R7 D4 k6 band the grain of sand was free-flying5 `8 l( U d5 {5 q
in the pouring rain3 K& W' m5 C; w7 Z7 ^% X
love or being loved was a state of quantum
% B8 [! I4 I/ E5 k- A1 E-- rats or cockroaches didn't matter --
! x/ p" p! o' \/ A3 kwhen a terra cotta soldier was walking
( d0 R `5 K$ B! `6 f7 m/ J# }in the mighty wind., ~) m, ]7 M3 c0 [% x
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Sept. 6, 2015 written in BJ
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附中文翻译：
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《兵马俑》) Z0 ?7 h5 e7 {- y, v8 u& B
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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
6 m( G2 s! M' f9 ]& c一个死去的人行走，仿佛来自秦朝的兵士/ M6 u0 B; B$ @2 F6 p
他梦见自己跨越北方广袤的荒原8 q* K- p' C; r: e! ?# b; u% [
攀上了长城+ i9 ^" `8 y2 _9 i1 i* Z
结果却发现自己变成鬼魂& Q+ E* r6 M$ _9 e! [. z8 R
仿佛草丛中无形的风影 w) w9 ?# l* x; t1 Q, c
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人们在午夜的寂静中
8 N/ D% q& q. w分不清这些生动的事物% s' \; |: S0 \' C: b" L4 r. b
而我对地下室里发生的一切也一无所知
: _; U# V* \7 p- B! D" m* T老鼠和蟑螂在那里战斗
4 O% Q2 n2 L4 F) t6 n' E) O我活着，却不能像黑天鹅或白猫那样9 y% A* W& W9 b& ~2 X% j
行走或弹跳- J. ?7 B" _* B$ `* D
而你说，来吧，加入蟑螂的战斗群。
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为什么不是老鼠，我说。2 I9 b& r& ]1 e( x: p c/ ?
一英寸似乎相隔百万英里
5 q' I, I) ]$ p( @; i$ ~1 w8 k两个世界天差地别9 b$ B3 D$ C/ A" \' b7 M
一些东西在我心中，我无法触及4 B+ A- f& s) F, n5 j0 n! N
“将我撕成碎片吧”，你对我说，! m/ h- W+ d* O) C+ ]( I
“在碎裂的我中，没有什么是纯正的
- k$ ? U8 N7 }# D1 r或真实的”* h/ L" e0 ^ r
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我活着，无法如众生行走% T5 ~/ [' C# r4 H& g
我周围的世界
, b7 k8 O/ T3 ^" V1 @$ C% \是一小滴雨水，从鸽子的翅尖
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时间成为一粒沙 ——! I; i7 e" x5 x0 k! c3 n9 U7 D
—— 这宇宙的唯一真理" u" @; U9 \$ P- |
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我腰酸背痛- J% T* v4 ~4 u$ n7 P% X
无法离开自身的肉体走得太远，也不能将真实的我的碎片
4 l' w- f5 p+ C0 g) z" B; c: |带进静默的潮汐 ——; F$ g9 ]7 u3 I8 r/ j$ _
我无法触碰这坚固的阴影7 e8 Q) x- E1 V, H2 |/ d% E
而我的门在开裂
, w" r% C+ m; b! E7 k我自身的边界在消失; S- q% w4 X- @3 I; B" t6 J$ M
一些完全陌生的事物在重塑9 Z5 x- D4 h" q* s3 b/ {/ `" F
我感到昏暗的灯光在雨天进入我的内心
& G4 \; U1 t& ^洒在破裂的地板上4 s) o* V$ h9 I7 Z( f( L
当窗帘依然紧闭6 V6 J& ~0 z6 `( n- G
3 H3 z* }, c1 E1 w- z" k, P u9 o撕裂着，哭泣着，带着疼痛呼号着
9 \" ~! K: T7 u: c我感到这死去的人正在移出我的体内
7 X4 }& V9 z: I而细小的沙粒在瓢泼大雨中6 O6 y6 S! b1 _
自由飞行——
' A9 Z X' n6 z: S爱或被爱都是量子状态
# d, O& _ w+ _) S3 o, L y f—— 老鼠或蟑螂都不重要 ——2 j \' X3 N L9 A/ O
当兵马俑的士兵9 W' y' S. c4 N1 X6 j, T
行走，在迅疾的风中。
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