漢詩英譯｜向晚過杉林遇吹簫人
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向晚過杉林遇吹簫人吳少東
酢漿草的花，連片開了
我才發現中年的徒勞。
眾鳥飛鳴，從一個枝頭
到另一個枝頭。每棵樹
都停落過相同的鳥聲
曾無數次快步穿過這片叢林
迴避草木的命名與春天的艷俗。
老去的時光里，我不願結識更多人
也漸漸疏離一些外表光鮮的故人。
獨自在林中走，不理遛狗的人
也不理以背撞樹的人和對著河流
大喊的人。常側身讓道，讓過
表情端肅，或志得意滿的短暫影子
讓過迎面或背後走來的趕路者。
我讓過我自己
直到昨天，在一片杉林中
我遇見枯坐如樁的吹簫人。
駐足與他攀談，我說
流泉，山澗，空濛的湖面。
他笑，又笑，他一動不動，
像伐去枝幹的樹樁。憂傷
生出高高的新葉
轉身後，想了想，這些年
我背負的詩句與切口——
六孔的、八孔的，像一管簫
竹的習性還在
選自《詩刊》2018年4月刊
MEETING A FLUTE PLAYER AT DUSK IN THE CYPRESS FOREST
By Wu Shaodong
A field of clovers in patches are blooming,
it is here that I was reminded of the futility of life.
A flock of birds sings and flies from one branch to another.
The same song echoes on every tree.
I hastened through this forest uncountable times,
never bothered to name plants or paused for the colorful spring.
Getting older, I have no desire to know new people,
am gradually avoiding some of my better-dressed friends.
Walking alone in the woods, I ignore those walking their dog
or those exercising their back against trees or those shouting out
over the river. Oftentimes I twist to give way, letting those
with a solemn face or smug look to fleet by with their shadows,
giving way to those rushing towards or chasing behind me.
I"ve also allowed myself to let things pass.
Then yesterday in a Cypress forest,
I met a bamboo flute* player sitting straight as a pole.
I stopped to talk with him, I mentioned
springs, mountain streams, and misty lakes.
He laughed, and barely moved an inch,
like a tree stump with branches removed. Sorrows
are sprouting new leaves tall and long.
Walking away, I thought of these years,
the verses that have accompanied me, and the incisions—
like the six or eight holes on a bamboo flute.
I hope I have retained the quality of bamboo.
Notes:
*The flute in the poem is called a xiao (簫), an end-blown bamboo flute heldvertically and blown across a v-shaped notch mouthpiece.
Translated by Duck Yard Lyricists
Duck Yard Lyricists is consisted of 4 devoted poetry lovers: Meifu Wang, Peter Micic, Michael Soper & Johan Ramaekers
吳少東，安徽合肥人，中國作家協會會員，曾獲首屆「中國優秀青年詩人獎」、「中國實力詩人獎」等詩歌獎。堅持「情感，美感，痛感，意義」寫作，倡導詩歌寫作及閱讀「小眾」的最大化，出版有地理隨筆《最美的江湖》、詩集《立夏書》等。
本詩由 PATHSHARERS BOOKS（美國同道出版社）
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為進一步繁榮新時代詩歌，推動漢語詩歌走向世界，激勵本土詩人們創作出具有世界影響力的優秀作品，中國詩歌網與美國華盛頓PATHSHARERS BOOKS（出版有季刊21st Century Chinese Poetry）合作開展漢詩英譯活動。《詩刊》每期刊登的詩作及中國詩歌網「每日好詩」中的佳作，將有機會被譯成英語，刊於21st Century Chinese Poetry，並在中國詩歌網做專題展示。
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