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The following two stanzas are quoted from the poem, "Dictation", which is written by the poet, 夏宇 (Xia Yu), a famous Taiwanese female poet. I tried to translate it into English. Please enjoy reading it.T
Dictation
And then we went to India,
In India, the music neither start,
Nor end, in India
You can't ask.
Where another person's going.
In India, if you ask a person's whereabouts,
It will bother each other's will, the one who's leaving
Once asked, starts to hesitate, in India,
The one who's asking begins to question.
The other's problem
Becomes your own problem.
In India, if people can sit,
They won't stand, if they can lie down,
They won't sit; otherwise,
All keep squatting whatsoever.
Don't ask in India,
The music is endless and never-ending,
The color of the world is like shadows and electricity.
Indians do not ask anything.
( quoted from 夏宇.Salsa)
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Dictation
And then we went to India.
In India, music has no beginning,
Nor does it end. In India,
You cannot ask
About another's destination.
In India, asking about one's whereabouts
Disrupts both parties' will.
The one leaving,
Once asked, starts to hesitate.
In India,
The one asking begins to doubt.
Another's problem becomes
Your own problem.
In India, if people can sit,
they won't stand. If they can lie down,
they won't sit; otherwise,
They'll all be squatting.
Don't ask in India.
The music is endless and unceasing.
Colors are like dew, electricity, illusion and shadow.
Indians do not ask questions. ( from 本腰 )
下面兩段詩句是節錄自夏宇的詩,「聽寫 」。夏宇是有名的台灣女詩人, 我試著把它翻成英文, 請欣賞。
聽寫 (出自 夏宇.salsa)
就去了印度
在印度音樂沒有開始
也沒有結束在印度
你不可以問
另外一個人的去處
在印度問人去向此事
干擾雙方意志 要走的人
遭此一問就開始猶豫在印度
發問的人則開始質疑
別人的
問題就變成了
自己的問題
在印度人能坐著
就不要站著能躺著就
不要坐著不然
就全部蹲著反正
不問在印度
音樂無端無涯無止無盡
顏色如露如電如幻如影
印度人是不問
Feb 3, 2017 13:34
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