回复至：中国现代诗歌

[Jason]

To Father

• • by Meifu Wang

• • I knew you were with me only as a phantom,
  • but we spent a beautiful day walking and talking.
  • I kept telling myself how beautiful it was to see you again.
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  • I knew you came to me like a phantom,
  • but I said if your phantom brought me such joy
  • that I couldn’t tell the difference between the two joys
  • — one from being with the living you, and the other with the phantom you—
  • why should this joy be less than the other joy?
  • Why shouldn’t this phantom world be my desired world?
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  • But I knew all along when I was with you,
  • while you held my hand and we strolled in the garden,
  • that you were speaking to me as a phantom.
  • Therefore I dreaded the moment when you had to go
  • like Hamlet’s father in Shakespeare’s play.
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  • Later on we passed by a long house,
  • a row of cherry trees tended to the loggia
  • with sturdy silhouette holding up the dusky sky.
  • I took a step into the penetralia.
  • I needed to step away for a minute
  • for I didn’t want you to see my weary heart;
  • I was dreading the moment when you had to leave.
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  • The door of the long house closed behind me,
  • separating me from you and the cherry trees.
  • But hardly was I inside and you outside
  • when I sobbed: “Ah, how have I been sad since you left!”
  • My tears transported you instantly back to me.
  • You held my face up and spoke to me:
  • “Yes, I know you have been sad.”
  • I looked at you and said: “I didn’t want you to leave.”
  • You let my head rest on your shoulder, and said: “I know.”
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  • Written and Translated by Meifu Wang

父亲

• • 王美富

• 我知道身边的你只是一个幻影，
• 但是今天我们一起散步聊天，我对自己说：
• 能再一次与你相会我是多么的快乐！
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• 我知道身边的你只是一个灵魂，
• 但是有你在我的身边我是多么的快乐！
• 我心中满满的喜悦叫我不能分辩
• 人间的你与灵界的你有甚么不同。
• 那么今天的喜悦怎会不如往日的喜悦？
• 今日的重逢怎么会不如不见？
• 这个幻影的世界怎不是我心爱的世界？
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• 但是我知道，我知道身边的你，
• 在花园里牵着我手陪我款款谈心的你
• 只是一个幻影，
• 于是我怕你很快就要离开，
• 像哈姆雷特的父亲从莎士比亚的剧场消失。
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• 走着走着我们来到一间长厢房，
• 厢房的拱廊外侧种了一排樱桃树，
• 它们的树干在黄昏里显得特别粗壮。
• 我紧走一步进入房内，
• 不让你看出我的忧伤：
• 我担心你很快就要与我告别。
• 今天相聚，我要为你戴上笑容。
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• 进了长屋，我把木门在身后拉上，
• 把你和樱桃树留在屋外，
• 当你一下不在跟前，我就哭了，对自己说：
• “从你离开那天，我一直多么的伤心！”
• 但是我的泪水把你唤回眼前，
• 你用手托着我的脸，对我说
• “我明白你的忧伤。”
• 我抬起头来对你说：“我的心不忍你的离别。”
• 你让我把脸依着你的肩膀，说，“我都明白。”