也許｜pERHAPS
懷抱中的你⋯⋯
You, in my arms……
聞一多（一八九九年至一九四六年，詩人及學者）－《也許》（葬歌，一九二六年）：
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946, poet and scholar) – “Perhaps” (The Funeral Song, 1926):
也許你真是哭得太累，
也許，也許你要睡一睡，
那麼叫夜鷹不要咳嗽，
蛙不要號，蝙蝠不要飛。
Perhaps you are really too tIRED from crying,
Perhaps, perhaps you need a nAP，
Then ask nighthawks not to cough,
Frogs not to croak, bats not to fly.
不許陽光撥你的眼簾，
不許清風刷上你的眉，
無論誰都不能驚醒你，
撐一傘松蔭庇護你睡。
Don’t allow the sunlight to poke your eyes,
Don’t allow the fresh breeze to brush your eyebrows,
No matter who it is, no one can aWAKEN you,
Hold an umbrella of pine shade to sHELTER you to sleep.
也許你聽這蚯蚓翻泥，
聽這小草的根鬚吸水，
也許你聽這般的音樂，
比那咒罵的人聲更美。
Perhaps you hear this earthworm turning the sOIL,
These roots of little grasses absorbing wATER,
Perhaps the music you listen to,
Is more beautiful than the cursing voices of human.
那麼你先把眼皮閉緊，
我就讓你睡，我讓你睡，
我把黃土輕輕蓋著你，
我叫紙錢兒緩緩的飛。
So first put your eyes closed,
I then let you sleep, I let you sLEEP,
I put the yellow soil lightly on you,
I ask the *joss papers slowly to fLY.
感謝你十五年來的支持、陪伴及在在下的生命中留下足跡。
Thank you for your sUPPORTING, aCCOMPANYING and leaving fOOTPRINTS in my lIFE in these 15 years.
永遠思念。
fOREVER mISSING.
nOTE:
*: Joss Paper, also known as ghost or spirit money, are sheets of paper that are burned in traditional Chinese deity or ancestor worship ceremonies during special holidays. Joss paper is also burned in traditional Chinese funerals. (Wiki)
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