雨中的馬
 
 
 黑暗裏順手拿起一件樂器。黑暗裏穩坐
 馬的聲音自盡頭而來
 雨中的馬
 
 這樂器陳舊，點點閃亮
 像馬鼻子上的紅色雀斑，閃亮
 像樹的盡頭
 木芙蓉初放，驚起了幾隻灰知更雀
 
 雨中的馬也註定要奔出我的記憶
 像樂器在手
 像木芙蓉開放在溫馨的夜晚
 走廊盡頭
 我穩坐有如雨下了一天
 
 我穩坐有如花開了一夜
 雨中的馬。雨中的馬也註定要奔出我的記憶
 我拿過樂器
 順手奏出了想唱的歌
 
 A HORSE IN THE RAIN
 
 
 In the dark you pick up a musical instrument. You sit serenely in the dark
 the sound of a horse comes from the far end of the room
 A horse in the rain
 
 This instrument is out of fashion, shining in spots
 like the red freckles on a horse's snout, flashing
 like the top of a tree
 the first blossoming of the cotton rose, startles a few thrushes into flight
 
 The horse in the rain too is doomed to gallop out of my memory
 like the instrument in the hand
 like a cotton rose opening in a warm fragrant night
 At the other end of the corridor
 I sit sedately as if it has been raining all day
 
 I sit serenely like a flower that opens at night
 A horse in the rain. The horse too is doomed to gallop out of my memory
 I've picked up the instrument
 and softly play the song I'd like to sing

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 點  燈
 
 
 把燈點到石頭裏去，讓他們看看
 海的姿態，讓他們看看
 古代的魚
 也應該讓他們看看亮光
 一盞高舉在山上的燈
 
 燈也該點到江水裏去，讓他們看看
 活著的魚，讓他們看看
 無聲的海
 也應該讓他們看看落日
 一隻火鳥從樹林騰起
 
 點燈。當我用手去阻擋北風
 當我站到了峽谷之間
 我想他們會向我圍攏
 會來看我燈一樣的
 語言
 
 
 LAMP LIGHTING
 
 
 Shine the lamp into a stone, make them see
 the shape of the sea, make them see
 ancient fish in it
 you ought to make them see the light too
 a lamp raised high on a mountain.
 
 Shine the lamp into a river, make them see
 living fish, make them see
 a soundless sea
 you ought to make them see the sunset too
 a firebird bursting from the forest
 
 Light the lamp. When I use my hands to block the north wind
 when I stand in a narrow gorge
 I think they will crowd around me
 they will come to stare at my words
 like lamps

 (Tr. by Michael M. Day)