空也静双语诗选

1十月
 

一些旧事又被提起

摸着石头

一切真相早已浮出水面

熟透的思想挂在枝头

枫叶举起一面旗帜

迎面而来的风

踢着正步

鼓槌敲打着大地

日子像一条蛇皮袋

装满梦想

 

October

By WEI Yanlie

 

Some old things are brought up again

Feeling the stones

We find all the truth has come to the surface

Thoroughly ripe thoughts hang on the branches

Maple leaves raise a flag

The oncoming wind

is goosestepping

The drumstick is drumming the earth

Life is a snakeskin-like plastic woven bag

Loaded fully with dreams

 

Translated by NI Qinghang
 

 

2西安
 

城墙如一串佛珠

挂在钟楼的脖子上

阳光偶尔会伸出手指

拨动着，每念一下

就有一个朝代

从低矮的门洞里走出

兵俑身披盔甲

几千年按兵不动

 

Xi'an

By WEI Yanlie

 

The city wall is like a string of Buddha beads

Hanging on the neck of the bell tower

The sun occasionally sticks out its fingers

Every time it twirls and prays

There is a dynasty

Coming out of the low doorway

The terra cotta warriors in armor stand still for thousands of years

 

Translated by NI Qinghang
 

 

3秋天
 

落叶一再暗示

一切跟生命无关的词语

都得割舍

秋风会掏空所有修饰

只留下一片苍白

交给天空

夕阳怀揣一丝牵挂

咽下

最后一口气

 

Autumn

By WEI Yanlie

 

Fallen leaves remind people again and again

That all words that have nothing to do with life

must be eliminated

Autumn wind will hollow out all decorations

Leaving nothing but a pallor

To the sky

The sunset with a trace of regret

Swallows

Its last breath

 

Translated by NI Qinghang
 

 

4农民工
 

汗水是预留的种子

他们习惯在城市的边缘

种植酒绿灯红

窝在潮湿的工棚里

喝着西北风，就咸菜

把故乡啃成

一轮残月

 

Migrant Workers

By WEI Yanlie

 

Drops of sweat

Like reserved seeds

Are habitually scattered on the edge of the city

To grow into scenes of feasting and revelry

Crammed into damp bunkrooms

Migrant Workers

Drinking the northwest wind

And eating salt vegetables

Bite homeland into

A waning moon

 

Translated By NI Qinghang
 

 

5深秋
 

往事在雨水揉搓下

褪色，纵是最美的梦

敌不过一夜秋风

寂寞如宠养的小狗

躲在相册里

舔食着

旧痕新伤

Late Autumn

By WEI Yanlie

 

Rubbed by the rain

The past fades

Even the most beautiful dream

can't be the match for a whole night's autumn wind

Loneliness is like a little pet dog

Hiding in an album

Licking

Its old scars and new wounds

 

Translated by  NI Qinghang

 

       诗者：空也静，原名魏彦烈，青海省作协会员。诗发200多种纸刊，出版《格桑花开》《草原情歌》、《仰望昆仑》、《风舞经幡》等诗集多部。获昆仑文艺奖，唐蕃古道文学奖。诗观：快乐生活，安静写诗。

       译者：柳溪清泉，原名倪庆行，山东农业大学外国语学院副教授。对诗歌情有独钟，诗歌译作散见于《海外英语》、《暮雪诗刊》、《英语通》及《中国诗歌网》、《译原》网络期刊。研究方向为语篇分析、汉英对比与翻译。座右铭：生有所为（To live is to function）。