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漢詩英譯｜郵局

郵局王鍵

我穿越大半個城市

才在一個不起眼的陋巷

找到一個郵局

我要重新找回我的地址

我將我的地址

丟在了郵局

——那個過時的穿著綠色衣服的小樓

我寫了一封長長的信

要寄給一個過時的老朋友

我仍習慣於在紙上鋪展修辭和思想

我知道，你也喜歡在象形文字中想像

一些事物的形象

在墨水的呼吸之中搜尋一些痕迹

這封信將穿洋過海旅行

它會帶去一些新時代的信息

比如，人類同機器狗有過三次戰爭

（最終人類在戰爭中落敗）

比如，有人同機器人談上了戀愛

（這場戀愛竟然被很多人看好）

還有，有人找到了可以讓人不死的

方法……

長大了的人類開始成倍地增長它的渴望

但我們都知道，我們終將死去

就像四季的輪換，又如

太陽和月亮的兩次升起

一次終結意味著另一次的偉大開始

我還確信：這個郵局也

終將永久失去它的地址

選自《詩刊》2019年1月號

漢詩英譯｜郵局

Post Office

by Wang Jian

I walked across half of the city

before seeing a post office

in an obscured alleyway.

I would like to own my address again,

the address that I once left

in a post office

—that outdated dwarfish green building.

I wrote a very long letter

to send to an old-world old friend.

I still try to be eloquent with words and elaborate my thoughts,

and know you will be delighted by the hieroglyphs

that evoke images of things

between the flowing of the ink.

This letter will fly across the sea

to deliver news of the new times. For example,

mankind has battled canine robots three times.

(Ultimately, mankind was defeated.) For example,

some people have fallen in love with robots.

(Surprisingly, many bystanders rooted for them.) For example,

some people have discovered a way

not to die. . .

The human race has grown up and begun to multiply its desires exponentially.

But we know we are going to die,

just like we know the seasons will cycle on

and the sun and the moon will rise in sequence.

A finale can be a great restart,

but I am convinced that

this post office

will eventually lose its address

and never to recover it again.

Translated by Duck Yard Lyricists

Duck Yard Lyricists is a group of devoted poetry lovers: Meifu Wang, Peter Micic, Michael Soper & Johan Ramaekers.

漢詩英譯｜郵局

王鍵，曾用筆名「楚石」。作品散見《詩刊》《上海文學》《詩歌月刊》《漢詩》《象形》等刊物，多次入選《中國年度優秀詩歌》及其他詩歌選本。系「象形」詩群同人。現居北京。

本詩由 PATHSHARERS BOOKS（美國同道出版社）

Duck Yard Lyricists

提供翻譯

漢詩英譯｜郵局

一百年來，漢語新詩的發展與外國詩歌及其翻譯的影響密不可分，但雙方的互動也始終存在不對等的問題。隨著中國當代文學的崛起，當代漢語詩歌期待在更廣闊的語境中發聲，同世界文學達成愈加豐富的交流與對話。

為進一步繁榮新時代詩歌，推動漢語詩歌走向世界，激勵本土詩人們創作出具有世界影響力的優秀作品，中國詩歌網與美國華盛頓PATHSHARERS BOOKS（出版有季刊21st Century Chinese Poetry）合作開展漢詩英譯活動。《詩刊》每期刊登的詩作及中國詩歌網「每日好詩」中的佳作，將有機會被譯成英語，刊於21st Century Chinese Poetry，並在中國詩歌網做專題展示。

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主編：金石開、朱濤

責編：王美富、王家銘、羅曼、丁鵬

漢詩英譯｜郵局