
现实
柏桦
这是温和,不是温和的修辞学
这是厌烦,厌烦本身
牺牲还牺牲得不够吗?
活还活得不够
所以阅读、转身、走动
一切(前途)都是慢的……
长夜里,收割并非出自必要
长夜里,速度应该省掉
但有人得出了相反的结论
你认为这样的看法对吗?
冬天也可能正是夏天
鲁迅也可能正是林语堂
1990年12月11日,南京
Reality
Bai Hua
This is gentleness, not gentle rhetoric
this is aggravation, aggravation itself
has sacrifice not sacrificed enough?
this living is not enough of life
So reading, turning around, walking
all of it (the future) is slow……
in the long night, the harvest doesn’t come from necessity
in the long night, speed should be set aside
But some come to the opposite conclusion
do you think this view is right?
Winter may be summer
Lu Xun might be Lin Yutang
December 11 , 1990, Nanjing
Translated from Chinese by Eleanor Goodman
自由
柏桦
自由就是春天的大地
春天的人民涌出城门
自由就是呼唤的山花
山花匆忙地款待我们
命运。别说!这个词
唯失败者才对它钟情
还有什么东西让我们受不了
我们的心因欢乐而颓丧
激情是风景中的几点
运动的或静止的几点
哦,纯洁的,美的几点
孩子们,那些孤单的孩子们
你们在草地上,溪水旁
自由正照临你们头上
1989年3月
Freedom
Bai Hua
Freedom is the earth in springtime
springtime people pour from the city gates
freedom is the call of mountain blossoms
and the mountain blossoms rush to entertain us
Fate. Don’t say it! That word
is one that only losers love
there’s something else we can’t bear
our hearts are listless with joy
Passion is a few points on the landscape
a few points of movement or stillness
oh, a few points of purity and beauty
Children, those lonely children
you’re on the grass, beside the stream
with freedom shining on your heads
March, 1989
Translated from Chinese by Eleanor Goodman
“香港国际诗歌之夜”(IPNHK)是诗人北岛于二〇〇九年创办的国际诗歌节。IPNHK十六年来已成功传递了来自三十多个国家及上百位知名国际诗人的诗歌及思想,成为了亚洲最具影响力的诗歌盛事之一,也是国际诗坛上最成功的诗歌活动之一。IPNHK是“世界文学联盟”的成员,与该联盟合作并打造世界最领先的诗歌节。