2011-2016：莫笑愚临界凝缩短诗29首（中英文对照）

诗人莫笑愚

2011-2016：莫笑愚临界凝缩短诗29首（中英文对照） 1. 《格言》 / Aphorism 凡是被说出的，都是死的活着的，永不被说出 Whatever is spoken is deadThe living is never said 2. 《无蔽》 / Unconcealedness 是鸟鸣，而不是鸟在黎明，宣告新一天的开始是呼吸，而不是我声称我还活着 It is the bird’s song, not the birdThat announces the dawnIt is breathing, not IThat claims I am alive 3. 《落日》（2） / Sunset 从另一座山峰眺望我只逮着它的半张脸另一半，跌落、隐没 From another peak I lookOnly half of its face -- caughtThe other half, falls, vanishes 4. 《废弃的铁轨》 / Abandoned Rail 锈蚀的废弃铁轨注定进不了博物馆有人把它锯成几截成了书桌上的镇纸 Rusted, abandoned railDestined to never enter a museumSomeone saws it into piecesIt becomes a paperweight on the desk 5. 《寂静》 / Silence 鸟的翅膀，悄然划过秋晨五点的天空露水在草尖倒立 A bird’s wing, silentlySketches across the autumn morningIn the sky at fiveA dewdrop stands on its tip at the grass blade 6. 《无觉》 / Non-sensation 蝙蝠在夜晚逡巡树枝缓缓摇晃一阵细微的鼾声穿过夜，落回蝙蝠的鼻尖 A bat prowls the night,Branches sway in slow flight.A faint snoring sound,Back to the bat’s nose tip bound. 7. 《抽象画》 / Abstract Painting 时间和时间的灰烬过程省略，结果被省略数字、符号、疼痛的草轻烟跌倒，扭住光 Time, and the ashes of timeThe middle erased, the end effacedNumbers, signs, the grass that achesA wisp of smoke stumbles, twisting light 8. 《辨认》 / Identification 镜子里灯光惨白鱼眼在雾气中试图辨认那是谁的枯骨，谁的嶙峋之手？ The mirror’s light is ghostly white,A fish eye through the misty nightAsks: whose skeleton, whose bony hand in sight? 9. 《静极》 / Extreme Stillness 从黑到黑，到整个夜晚只有一滴水，从水龙头逃进我的眼窝 From darkness to darkness, all through the nightOnly a single drop of water from the faucetEscapes into my eye socket 10. 《寂静的死亡》 / Death of Silence 并非所有的死亡都堪称伟大一条河流在冬天溺毙除了沿岸的苇草只有凛冽的空气知道 Not all Deaths are GreatA river drowns itself in winterOnly the reeds along the bankAnd the bitter air know 11. 《悬疑》 / Suspense 雨落了，雨还没落落而未落的雨在半空，看着我 Rain falls, yet hasn'tIt hangs midairWatching me 12. 《提灯的人》 / The Lantern Bearer 无月之夜，四野空旷灯早就熄灭了依然被他提在手上 Moonless night, the vast field emptyThe lantern long extinguishedStill carried in his hand 13. 《父啊》 / Father 我的亡父走了19年19年里，我的童年与他做伴他的雨水与我做伴 My dead father has been gone for nineteen yearsIn all those years, my childhood kept his companyHis rain keeps my company 14. 《可逆性》 / Reversibility 在时间的罗盘上踱步罗盘逆时针转动老旧的放映机咔咔作响你倒踩水车，数着步子一步一步退回罗盘上 You pace on the compass of timeThe compass turns counterclockwiseAn old projector clicks and clattersOn a waterwheel you tread backward , counting stepsStep by step, retreating onto the compass 15. 《无语》 / Speechless 一大群鱼游过水底动作标准一致它们张开的嘴没有声音我似乎听见水被扰动的哗哗声 A school of fish swims in a vast pondTheir movements perfectly uniformTheir open mouths make no soundThe water, stirred into a murmur, I seem to hear ★★★ 16. 《又见四月》 / April Again 清明节不见死者愚人节没有愚人沙漏里的沙漏光了狗尾草依然保持飞翔的姿势 No dead on Tomb-Sweeping DayNo fools on April Fools’ DayThe hourglass has run emptyA bristlegrass still holds its flying pose 17. 《格式化》 / Formatting ——这台电脑真干净没有遗留任何陈迹仿佛活了许久仿佛从未活过…… — This computer is so cleanNo trace of a single word left behindAs if it had lived for so longAs if it had never lived at all… 18. 《水底气泡》 / Bubble Underwater 总想逃离湖水傲慢的压力还没钻出水面，就无声消失 Always wanting to escape the lake’s arrogant pressureVanishes without a sound before surfacing 19. 《雀鸟》 / Sparrow 院子里的紫藤花开了开花的紫藤，用香气勾魂麻雀凑近闻了闻拍拍翅膀，头也不回地飞走了 The wisteria in the yard is in bloomIts intoxicating fragrance enchants the soulA sparrow comes close, sniffsFlaps its wings and flies away without a final glance 20. 《蝴蝶与蜻蜓》 / Butterfly and Dragonfly 有一种活，需要在别人的瞩目中完成自己，比如蝴蝶蜻蜓用精致的复眼，在飞翔中锁定猎物，目光手术刀般锐利 There is a way of living that needs the gaze of othersTo complete itself — the butterfly, for instanceThe dragonfly, with its compound eyes, in mid-flightLocks onto its prey, its stare scalpel-sharp 21. 《独善其身》 / Self-Preserved 不被照亮也不照亮别人一盏灯，一座孤岛 Not illuminatedNor illuminating othersOne lamp, one lonely island 22. 《同质化》 / Homogenization 一张白纸，揉一揉，——皱了放在水里，一浸，——碎了像不规则的糖，像大颗的盐粒 A sheet of white paper, crumpled — creasedDipped in water — soaked — dissolvedLike misshapen sugar, like coarse grains of salt 23. 《马桶的精神》 / The Spirit of the Toilet 马桶总能默默承受粪便和恶臭在短暂嘶吼之后归于沉寂仿佛什么都不曾发生 The toilet endures shit and stench in silenceAfter a brief roarFalls back into stillnessAs if nothing had ever happened 24. 《自缚》 / Self-Imprisonment 我想就这么躲到一枚螺壳里去像作茧的蛹像没有心脏的螺肉 I want to hide inside a snail shellLike a pupa spinning its cocoonLike a snail’s flesh without a heart 25. 《蛇果》 / Snake Fruit 一个口舌生疮的人在早晨的湖水前大口吞咽一枚蛇果他咬一口蛇果，吞一口湖水 A man with sores on his tongueBefore the lake in the morningGulps down a snake fruitHe takes a bite of the fruit, a swallow of the lake 26. 《雨伞》 / Umbrella 那把雨伞，我没有撑开过，它是干的玉兰树叶上，零星几个灰雨点 That umbrella — I never opened it, it is dryOn magnolia leaves, a few scattered gray raindrops 27. 《克里奥佩特拉的蛇》 / Cleopatra’s Serpent 像打开一枚风信子开花的细胞你打开一粒种子的秘密像切开头颅和躯体你切割一条基因 一块秋天的麦田里你收获了克里奥佩特拉的蛇毒 You open the secret of a seedAs you open a cell where a hyacinth bloomsYou splice a geneAs you split open a head from its trunk In an autumn wheat fieldYou harvest Cleopatra’s serpent venom 28.《倒影》 / Reflection 躺下并不意味着死亡一如站立并不意味着活我的影子从不思考不饥饿，不困乏 它像我一样活谦卑而虔诚像蜡像一样经历死亡像西西弗斯的巨石等待风化 Lying down does not mean deathNor does standing mean lifeMy shadow never thinksNever hungry, never weary It lives as I doHumble and devoutDies like a wax figureAwaits weathering like Sisyphus’s rock 29. 《一条鱼死了》 / A Fish Died 一条鱼死了在祭坛上一群鱼游来在砧板和刀中间 永恒的钟声如重金属乐队的合唱在王的水面只停留了半秒 A fish diedOn the altarA school of fish swims inBetween chopping board and knives The eternal bell tollsLike a heavy metal choirOn the King’s waterLasts only half a second ★★★ 雪山（莫笑愚手机随拍。原创作品，版权©所有，请勿转发）