苏菲汉译英 赵兴中诗选《花动摇》节选

芹
——纪念者之三

做了水的芳邻，在暗香中行走，与水合唱，
不经意间，说起水芹菜，误认为水仙花的姐姐，
花容倒映，有微澜，有尽如人意的馨香。

风絮飘零水自流，吟风弄月，望穿秋水，
在水湄处低眉，弯腰，鞠躬，陪众鸟含羞，飞翔，
鸟儿叽叽喳喳，并未藐视人间的天涯。

Celery
—Remembrance No. 3

As water’s fragrant Neighbor, walking in fragrance, she choruses with water,
Inadvertently, talking about water celery, I mistakenly believe her as daffodils’ elder sister,
Just with fragrance one wishes, with ripples, her beauty reflected in water.

Willows blowing and water flowing, she is looking forward to, singing of the moon and winds,
On the river bank, lowing her eyebrows, bending, bowing, flying shyly with the birds,
The birds are twittering, but the human’s life they don’t despise.

画虎记
——纪念者之五

大风张弛，老虎出没，
霸气笼罩四野，
占了宣纸上梦和乡愁的三分之一。

深山里的枯荣，
一岁一岁的蝴蝶翩翩。

野花空寂，独自开放，
老虎踱着猫步，花纹干净，从无瑕疵。

画家落款，钤印，退场，
最隆重的洗礼：生与死，
嗅着记忆中遥远的血腥，过瘾。

Tiger Painting in Mind
—Remembrance No. 5

A tiger haunts, in strong and light wind,
In the air, with its domineering behavior enveloped,
On rice paper one third of dreams and nostalgia it occupied.

The trees with no leaves in deep mountains,
Year after year, butterflies lightly dance.

The wildflowers deserted, bloom alone,
The tiger is pacing in catwalk, on its clean coat with the flawless pattern.

The painter inscribed, sealed, then exited,
The most solemn baptism: people alive and dead,
Enjoy smelling the bloody memory in the far distance.