Terra cotta soldiers8 Z0 p3 s) K1 R5 t+ M
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( J9 s4 m: k) Z2 j2 `$ ja dead cat bounced once or twice
' L: ~# L' G% X' U. D) l( Na dead man walked as a soldier from Qin dynasty$ j# Y/ h. N; p: k3 R# J
who dreamed about climbing the Great Wall across the vast
z( ?7 r, y5 b/ f; L5 U0 Wnorthern wasteland 7 P1 c' v, K3 d. ]
and only found himself turned into a ghost in the bushes & D6 n) f. b4 ?0 l( @
like a shapeless shadow of wind
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such vivid affairs one could not tell
$ R/ J1 H. R9 h5 {in the midnight silence
9 v Q" T5 D: N6 _and I knew nothing about the basement
$ s' U9 ^" B- m' ?6 m# twhere rats and cockroaches fought among themselves% K: u$ P3 S7 i+ H
I was alive, but couldn't walk nor bounce around7 M) D1 p: o- z9 m. Y% ~7 ^' U
as a black swan or a white cat6 X C6 W+ {! p. R/ {
while you said, come join the soldiers of the cockroaches.
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Why not rats, I asked.& w2 t0 v1 B9 o5 X4 c
one inch seemed one million miles away/ B3 I$ e N$ m
with two worlds apart
1 K0 h5 E% i% L; {0 kthere was something inside me I couldn't reach
0 C( k/ k( j/ W& k8 A"tear me into pieces", you said,
0 Y7 I! e& v& q4 o$ C"nothing is authentic or genuine as you will see
; i6 M9 _8 H4 @9 oin pieces of me"
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/ Z3 b7 T0 T; g- W* @! uI was alive, but couldn't walk as a living being
9 G1 I" S% s; ]0 H7 ythe world surrounding me $ L; ]& @/ x( L, F+ Y
was a tiny drop of the rain, dripping down ( A+ [# s6 L3 J! \1 F6 a
from a pigeon's wing-tip( I/ g/ v" ]/ n v5 g6 C! G8 D
time turned into a grain of sand --+ l( ]$ _5 W/ ^
-- the sole truth of the universe" B i; V- {6 H) l
3 E3 h% r. i# ^2 K9 ]with sore and pain in my back
8 P" B; T5 l9 t8 D; WI couldn't go too far from my flesh nor bring the true pieces of me
2 [1 K; M( r7 \9 Ato the silent tides: T' Y+ v9 d y" x# D% E$ T
I couldn't touch the shades of solidity2 j3 B7 M4 Q2 V- ^/ J6 K- c% \
while my door was cracking --
0 H$ S5 D/ i" a& G% qthe boundary of myself was disappearing
0 @+ B$ x6 H# H( _1 esomething completely foreign was reshaping0 j9 F' `+ b! K' C
I felt the dim light of the rainy day came inside me 5 s$ {2 I' |6 A6 L! _2 f* G5 D
and shed on the cracked floor
$ H6 n+ t( Z2 E, ?7 T8 Owhen curtains were still tightly shut9 h f9 g. m2 x" j/ F& W6 D
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Gapping, sobbing, and yelling in pain
! d1 ]3 D# A8 c( MI felt the dead man moving out of my body, N; K9 g8 [9 i9 y0 S
and the grain of sand was free-flying( r' U( r( R' v' `; n n; s$ B
in the pouring rain
# Y; [# A0 C; p( `3 `8 a% f+ B* ]) Y, Mlove or being loved was a state of quantum + l8 X/ Z$ L4 ~. x# ~, V: v
-- rats or cockroaches didn't matter --& w+ y6 m" o/ t; s& ^3 A# M$ M2 I9 X
when a terra cotta soldier was walking W' j1 n; _* R
in the mighty wind.
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. k) V5 {2 `, s4 ^' ~Sept. 6, 2015 written in BJ: [& v! b- l+ s2 y7 f2 i5 I
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附中文翻译：
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- \- u N* ]! Q6 l$ o O《兵马俑》! K* X4 R6 e2 e! }! h, `. ?
% j* L1 ~$ O- }- z9 ?作者、翻译：莫笑愚9 M* `: {4 ^: N5 }* ^4 y+ F
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1 F, E) P: R5 A5 N: G. b$ z1 a一只死猫回光返照了一次或两次! z- f$ w7 w! f" N/ a
一个死去的人行走，仿佛来自秦朝的兵士/ N" \$ }% B4 C) i) c9 n
他梦见自己跨越北方广袤的荒原- c9 J2 r! j% S+ t
攀上了长城3 _- |+ T1 `; H0 z2 y
结果却发现自己变成鬼魂
* K) w8 P4 t. t2 Q( D# z$ I仿佛草丛中无形的风影
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人们在午夜的寂静中
, X7 G! \/ k6 T! j' c+ {) F分不清这些生动的事物
8 f, p9 P9 k/ C3 |而我对地下室里发生的一切也一无所知
* W* j! y& i& M7 R/ K8 C2 Q老鼠和蟑螂在那里战斗
* V. k# t5 o. p0 t" o我活着，却不能像黑天鹅或白猫那样; L' g2 R7 j: f
行走或弹跳 A, h, X9 t. T8 F1 h
而你说，来吧，加入蟑螂的战斗群。& ^5 D5 i- G) h/ x+ f" F- V# {
1 ~" \' m( S7 |& J为什么不是老鼠，我说。* F2 f l; d; u8 u
一英寸似乎相隔百万英里
$ N* D. v6 R- `两个世界天差地别
/ K; a6 u0 B2 P# m+ w一些东西在我心中，我无法触及. a9 Y/ o0 n) N" `
“将我撕成碎片吧”，你对我说，" c* Q+ O* C8 S3 k1 g" x* S
“在碎裂的我中，没有什么是纯正的) f j: r- X7 W& f2 m3 O
或真实的”
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我活着，无法如众生行走
' h( P1 D' Q. v$ P* p. y& W$ f我周围的世界! L6 i7 W; g6 {
是一小滴雨水，从鸽子的翅尖) {* T0 @4 M* s9 }6 k7 Z
滴落. `7 X. A2 v0 r& A8 {
时间成为一粒沙 ——' u7 P0 a: F9 G4 ]- J( ~
—— 这宇宙的唯一真理
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我腰酸背痛
q+ R: u# ^% Q+ V% }! v无法离开自身的肉体走得太远，也不能将真实的我的碎片# s) p: ^, r w5 F& s$ T6 c
带进静默的潮汐 ——9 d* b; U* ^) @# I. j+ @9 }
我无法触碰这坚固的阴影& c" C2 d+ `9 A* F
而我的门在开裂. B. M" L( N+ M! K4 E) j1 E0 E
我自身的边界在消失
, m2 C" M0 z$ D1 |" ?. n9 e; ~一些完全陌生的事物在重塑6 E, j' |( W( Y; W4 Z6 p
我感到昏暗的灯光在雨天进入我的内心" N/ r5 z; K- R6 f6 Z9 \8 o' S2 i d
洒在破裂的地板上
0 d' W3 N1 s) r& q7 m7 u3 S5 B! R当窗帘依然紧闭
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% G3 k# ?0 [. S' |& ?撕裂着，哭泣着，带着疼痛呼号着
, b9 q7 _, Y7 ^我感到这死去的人正在移出我的体内& x; [# m5 Y% S; `# R% V! [
而细小的沙粒在瓢泼大雨中1 F/ v9 n* m; l( |# q5 x% p
自由飞行——$ h: l$ E8 \" @& H3 l
爱或被爱都是量子状态! V, @6 Z& M+ H$ u6 Y
—— 老鼠或蟑螂都不重要 ——4 l; J1 X; k! E
当兵马俑的士兵
: F/ t' R* a8 S, X: x9 ^* L行走，在迅疾的风中。) D5 V% r; y; l( r, m' D4 N
% S l. l9 a) X7 |1 A$ F8 T2015-9-6于北京 |
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