<p class="ql-block">缪斯，置生死而不顾</p><p class="ql-block"> 童蔚</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">当你用泪水串珠子时</p><p class="ql-block">我以为倾听——能抑制哭泣</p><p class="ql-block">弱者是踩着泪珠子变为杂耍形强者</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">当你望着马戏团窗外的迷雾，飞升而去</p><p class="ql-block">火光是无声的——能抑制眼花缭乱的</p><p class="ql-block">强者都知道——真理把握不住的事物自我膨胀</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">为何我绝少哭泣</p><p class="ql-block">尤其面对大事情</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">我倾听“雷”的脚步声到来了</p><p class="ql-block">我也不想丈量</p><p class="ql-block">闪电滑行的距离</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">没有人看见的道路</p><p class="ql-block">也四通八达</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">但闪电，必然引爆，</p><p class="ql-block">更多的死者如暴雨而至砸向哭泣的人，</p><p class="ql-block">我，一生试图只用语言哭泣</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">喉咙底部</p><p class="ql-block">紧压着预言</p><p class="ql-block">而刚刚学会抒情的泪滴如鼓点滴落在勋章缪斯胸前——</p><p class="ql-block">给予无神论者幽深的启迪。尽管如此，她独自仰望着高度</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">—置生死而不顾。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Muse, Regardless of Life and Death</p><p class="ql-block"> Translated by Hong Zeng</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">When you string beads with tears</p><p class="ql-block">I thought listening—can suppress crying</p><p class="ql-block">The weak turn into the strong, stepping on the teardrops and becoming a juggler</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">When you look at the fog outside the circus window, </p><p class="ql-block">the firelight is silent as it soars away—it can suppress the dazzling.</p><p class="ql-block">All strong people know, things that cannot be grasped by truth will inflate themselves</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Why I rarely cry</p><p class="ql-block">Especially when facing potent things</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">I listen to the footsteps of "thunder" coming</p><p class="ql-block">I don't want to measure</p><p class="ql-block">The distance the lightning travels</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">The roads no one sees</p><p class="ql-block">extend in all directions</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">But the lightning will inevitably detonate,</p><p class="ql-block">More dead people are raining down on those crying.</p><p class="ql-block">All my life I have tried to cry with only words.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">The bottom of throat</p><p class="ql-block">Pressed on the prophecy</p><p class="ql-block">And the tears having just learned lyricism fell like drumbeats</p><p class="ql-block">on the chest of the medaled Muse—</p><p class="ql-block">giving the atheist a profound enlightenment. Despite this, she looked up to the heights in solitude</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">—Regardless of life and death.</p>