LIGHT & DARKNESS and 5 other short poems 《光明与黑暗》外5首

LIGHT & DARKNESS

For all this time, light has been expelling darkness
which keeps hiding behind it.

《光明与黑暗》

光明一直都在驱逐黑暗，
而黑暗却总是躲在光明的后面。


LIFE & DEATH

The moment you were born
Initialized your dying process.

The only life you have
Is just towards death.

《生与死》

你生下的那一刻
启动了你的死亡进程，

你所拥有的唯一生命
只不过是走向死亡。


SUFFERINGS & HAPPINESS

Even if you knew that life is full of sufferings,
You still would decide to come to this world,

For all the happiness you know
Comes from experiencing life itself.

《痛苦与幸福》

即使你已知生命充满了痛苦，
却仍会执意投生来世；

因为你仅知的幸福
全部来自于对生命的体验。


CRY & LAUGHTER

The cry of someone you dear the most
Feels like a nail being hammered
Deep into your heart,

Yet whose laughter
Surely would brighten up
The darkest sky of your day.

《痛哭与欢笑》

这世上你最疼爱之人的哭泣，
听起来好象有一颗钢钉，
被重重敲入你的心房；

而她咯咯的欢笑声，
又定会让你最阴沉的日子，
一下子变得阳光灿烂。


FROG & HUMAN

The frogs swim with ease in the pot
Which is being slowly heated up
Have no idea that they are
Being cooked off.

Most of the humans pretend nothing
Is happening despite the fact
That our eyebrows have caught on fire
With the burning of global warming.

《青蛙与人类》

悠闲自在地游，
锅里的青蛙毫无概念，
锅下有炉火在慢慢加热，
自己很快就会被煮熟。

地球上又有多少人，
尽管全球变暖的信号
已经火烧眉毛，
却仍旧显得无动于衷。


NOW & THEN

All you have ever wanted
Was just to make a living and live a life.

That was then.
Now you are chasing a dream.

《如今与当初》

当初你所打算的
只不过是谋生过日子，

而如今，
你却在寻梦。

(2006-07-25)