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四十歲，妄以為不惑，搬進山裡

獲良田七分，頭頂浮雲好幾片

春日忙播種，地里都是鋪排生死的人

一把茴香種子的命運貿然由我決定

小栗子樹是從集市上帶回的

一夜細雨如嘆息，是我求來的

百花開瘋了，把我晾在一邊，抹胭脂無用

整座山如同一個懷孕的中年母親

土地日夜醞釀大事：關於藍尾雀的和野刺玫

捎帶養蜂人的盤算，瓦礫上單薄的反光

我試圖吟唱的野心消褪於夏季

我的主意古怪又多餘

一座山安頓所有。在群星注視下

包括一條小蛇，我在澗溝那裡遇見它

包括被人類以名詞裹挾的草木種種

山裡有光陰，卻沒有回憶。不被過去打擾

除了長眠墓地的人，除了四下遊盪的我

算上竹林里以手掩面的和土豆地里歇息的幾個

山中人煙向來稀疏。我得適應樹木的想法

和野草的習性。還要令斑鳩不因我的腳步受驚

對土地而言，讚美之外的任何言語都是多嘴

冬季允許劈柴、生火，但模仿一個托腮的

思想者就難免可笑。和樹木山石相比

我的構成過於繁複：姓氏、年齡、後天的本事

來歷不明，去向亦成謎

圓月亮只光顧我們東山頂上

圓月亮只安放於東山頂的樹梢上

照耀墓地也照耀清冷的幾戶灰屋檐

這也是不敗歲月里黯然一景，是首無言啜泣之詩

選自《詩刊》2018年4月刊

漢詩英譯 | 東山頂上

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ON TOP OF EASTERN MOUNTAIN

by Bai Ma

At forty, I thought I knew what was what, and moved to the mountains,

picked up prime farmland short of an hectare, riddled with clouds.

Spring is the time to sow, the soil bustling with people plotting life and death.

The fate of a fennel seed is decided with a flick of my hand.

The baby chestnut tree was brought home from the market,

then the soft rain came at night like a sigh, beseeched by me.

Hundreds of flowers bloomed like crazy, leaving me behind, hopeless to put on rouge.

The whole mountain felt like a middle-aged woman blessed with child.

Nature went about its business day and night: the ways of the birds and the bees

all enter the beekeeper』s account, like starlight on the roof.

My romantic ambitions faded by end of summer,

my weird and unnecessary ideas.

A mountain accommodates everyone under the gaze of the stars,

including a small snake, whom I stumbled across in the ravine;

including a myriad of plants and trees named by men, regardless.

Time is there in the mountains, absent of memories, undisturbed by the past.

Besides those resting in their graves, and me wandering about,

those taking a break at the potato patch or the secretive ones behind the bamboo,

there was hardly a soul around. I began to get used to how trees think

and how wild grasses grow. And let not my feet disturb the turtledoves.

As to the land, apart from praise, any other words is cheap talk.

Winter is for chopping wood and lighting fires, but to act like a thinker

is absurd. Compared to trees, mountains and rocks,

my constitution is too complicated: family name, age, acquired skills,

from places unknown, and whereto is anyone』s guess.

The full moon only shines on top of our Eastern Mountain.

The full moon only rests on the trees on Eastern Mountain,

lighting the graves, and lighting the ashen eaves of those few houses,

a weary scene from the never-ending years, a wordless lament.

Translated by Duck Yard Lyricists

Duck Yard Lyricists is a group of devoted poetry lovers: Meifu Wang, Peter Micic, Michael Soper & Johan Ramaekers.

漢詩英譯 | 東山頂上

白瑪，1972年生，山東臨沂籍。曾旅居西藏和北京。16歲開始寫詩，作品見《人民文學》《詩刊》《解放軍文藝》等刊物，出版有詩集《信使在途中》，曾獲得中國詩歌探索獎。

本詩由 PATHSHARERS BOOKS（美國同道出版社）

Duck Yard Lyricists

提供翻譯

一百年來，漢語新詩的發展與外國詩歌及其翻譯的影響密不可分，但雙方的互動也始終存在不對等的問題。隨著中國當代文學的崛起，當代漢語詩歌期待在更廣闊的語境中發聲，同世界文學達成愈加豐富的交流與對話。

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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