Terra cotta soldiers
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" H* z7 H0 {7 T1 `7 ba dead cat bounced once or twice, \# Y* c2 Z @5 E6 S% c7 u6 p$ x
a dead man walked as a soldier from Qin dynasty! P. h& [4 m( j3 {2 N+ ]
who dreamed about climbing the Great Wall across the vast 0 i$ j- c. T/ w$ z6 i- o
northern wasteland
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like a shapeless shadow of wind. s0 D" @6 Z! H" l7 X3 w
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such vivid affairs one could not tell
. a+ i; J$ h. {" ]6 @in the midnight silence
" x6 W4 _ i. }5 L; k4 ^6 aand I knew nothing about the basement2 ?& q2 w$ n6 W% C
where rats and cockroaches fought among themselves2 q$ j% u1 I- }, R+ P* b# _
I was alive, but couldn't walk nor bounce around! r2 w/ ^' j) L& ~
as a black swan or a white cat2 c; t" w+ Y* r: |7 b# ^
while you said, come join the soldiers of the cockroaches.( b2 t6 E/ _6 o
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Why not rats, I asked.
/ L# k. @7 Y6 U, I$ N0 X7 e7 Yone inch seemed one million miles away* l1 Q3 ^- |- X% ^
with two worlds apart
- Y# ~: F% W+ h c) w9 q! Mthere was something inside me I couldn't reach9 T6 G+ ~, Y. o7 L# R0 z
"tear me into pieces", you said,
* Z: t k8 z/ N"nothing is authentic or genuine as you will see / G. q( U& R/ t# _+ S0 c' @
in pieces of me"
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, i1 @9 {6 l) M7 u+ \I was alive, but couldn't walk as a living being0 Q% W. B* L, A3 k, s6 H9 g4 S5 u
the world surrounding me # E0 _! ^: ?7 E( l9 j
was a tiny drop of the rain, dripping down
9 e) M3 b+ B! L- U- z; R/ Yfrom a pigeon's wing-tip# ]( z' Z, M$ W1 m) y; z7 c1 }
time turned into a grain of sand --3 h0 f4 T% @' z: I
-- the sole truth of the universe# l, l2 e0 V4 T. U
& n/ n" i+ Q: K) k9 j2 \' Swith sore and pain in my back# N# `0 X o' `
I couldn't go too far from my flesh nor bring the true pieces of me " |( _! D1 U" V! |
to the silent tides
% r2 N+ s5 a1 i; c$ S4 i" XI couldn't touch the shades of solidity8 _: ]/ `- F$ f W
while my door was cracking --
9 a5 o0 P, \, A0 x" G+ Xthe boundary of myself was disappearing/ u: m0 r$ j2 G) s9 C( g6 c
something completely foreign was reshaping: a/ t4 Y9 g& F
I felt the dim light of the rainy day came inside me 6 T, |8 o1 }9 h3 y J* J
and shed on the cracked floor
6 ~1 f9 {% S0 _) d" Z0 e. |( t; Ywhen curtains were still tightly shut
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) ~8 d" g. _6 K2 i, z# ~5 _Gapping, sobbing, and yelling in pain
+ S& |; l0 Z- `/ UI felt the dead man moving out of my body& z1 A" T. P; L* _) v. g
and the grain of sand was free-flying. y7 _( C$ q, h: [* d& l! y$ l# z
in the pouring rain) i# U; w) h/ \( `- p
love or being loved was a state of quantum
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6 }2 B/ r. z/ h' o. J6 s* [when a terra cotta soldier was walking % `. R: b( k5 [* [3 c: ^; ^
in the mighty wind.
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4 ~7 J1 \( v9 @9 ASept. 6, 2015 written in BJ
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附中文翻译：
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0 \) W5 q# R! R. ~) c0 m5 K《兵马俑》. a# v$ p: s' k
1 {" v8 W# C5 c2 F% k5 B% m作者、翻译：莫笑愚" R: T' N! V+ \2 n* X
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一只死猫回光返照了一次或两次
' O) K' H+ I8 j一个死去的人行走，仿佛来自秦朝的兵士) I7 |: F: ~7 m/ o
他梦见自己跨越北方广袤的荒原
3 i3 t/ |. I/ b" O攀上了长城- a2 \- d3 T. g! A- D& W
结果却发现自己变成鬼魂
8 @" r9 J/ D3 i% I& |仿佛草丛中无形的风影5 L/ y# x6 K7 F# N! W! E
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人们在午夜的寂静中/ Z( A/ a+ N* ]
分不清这些生动的事物" _+ J' t {7 C$ g5 `
而我对地下室里发生的一切也一无所知; R$ j" a P+ A/ o+ e& U+ d7 i: ~
老鼠和蟑螂在那里战斗
0 `" z0 a- N. I1 x' x% ^我活着，却不能像黑天鹅或白猫那样
; ?* H2 Y0 g; f( m5 @行走或弹跳
) }/ o; F) L9 y, ~而你说，来吧，加入蟑螂的战斗群。0 x9 A2 m3 W+ M
/ f1 }2 E6 h2 T9 s4 L为什么不是老鼠，我说。' x% ~) K! ^3 v/ j; V
一英寸似乎相隔百万英里
4 t6 }7 w. q! l8 O) d两个世界天差地别
1 \: u2 O4 W) y& ]9 t' d$ u$ Z一些东西在我心中，我无法触及, U" H1 C8 P$ Y
“将我撕成碎片吧”，你对我说，
! N7 `4 P$ L7 l“在碎裂的我中，没有什么是纯正的
. R x& F7 F7 q2 Z, H或真实的”
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我活着，无法如众生行走4 t' c- M. t4 e k! k
我周围的世界6 G, g2 {/ T5 w0 J: f' S
是一小滴雨水，从鸽子的翅尖
$ b1 j' Y( C/ D5 m滴落) r, ?0 W0 v) I
时间成为一粒沙 ——8 h5 @' [$ {( W" S% J7 L* ?
—— 这宇宙的唯一真理( n* Q1 U& M" V6 F5 b, [* L
- l. s0 u; {- t( p7 N/ D我腰酸背痛0 \* V; G, a9 f
无法离开自身的肉体走得太远，也不能将真实的我的碎片 V/ B+ y, }; x* w
带进静默的潮汐 ——( i# x# L1 i( ]7 U, h ]
我无法触碰这坚固的阴影$ u6 E/ Y. \- j Z9 s4 ]% \7 p- L
而我的门在开裂3 ^% |4 t5 M; N, W" u+ Y2 B
我自身的边界在消失
. l0 T! }0 Z0 d一些完全陌生的事物在重塑
( m8 w! w: k) ` H我感到昏暗的灯光在雨天进入我的内心
; F, Y; Y, p+ Y3 `9 r7 u洒在破裂的地板上
2 j4 w3 O9 Y3 H当窗帘依然紧闭
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, ~. {/ K. D2 a/ \, p& y. o1 Q撕裂着，哭泣着，带着疼痛呼号着: U1 ?, D& Y9 |! D: g5 }
我感到这死去的人正在移出我的体内
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自由飞行——* |3 z' Q. ~9 r, r9 k% d3 B8 j3 q0 H
爱或被爱都是量子状态5 A* n3 L* _3 A2 ^: x, n
—— 老鼠或蟑螂都不重要 ——1 y$ p0 Q# I+ D" P
当兵马俑的士兵' Z) ?) H' ^0 l, h) _/ m( ? d+ F
行走，在迅疾的风中。
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2015-9-6于北京 |
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