After a firefight, scores of trucks

一場武鬥之後，二十幾輛卡車

came slowly down the street,

放下擋板，載著屍體在街上緩緩前進。

tailgates dropped, stacked with bodies.

我懷著好奇的心情站在街角，

I stood at the corner with a curious heart,

加入觀望的人群，聽人們談論

watching the others, listening to the talk

子彈鑽進人體如何像花一樣炸開。

of how bullet wounds bloom.

我眼前出現幻景：一朵朵花

I had a vision of many flowers

從人的頭頂、胸前、背部綻放。

blossoming from heads, chests, backs.

我還注意到：在一輛車上，

從包裹的屍布露出的腳，一隻穿著鞋，

On one truck, a pair of feet

另一隻襪子爛著洞，露出腳趾。

stuck out from beneath the canvas,

它使我想起爺爺有一次告訴

the left in its shoe, the toes of the other

我的話：人死時穿著什麼，

poking through a sock.

到了陰朝地府，會一直那樣穿戴。

I thought of my grandfather

saying people in hell

注：一九六七年五月二十三日，成都一三二廠發生了四川省第一起動用槍支的大規模的武鬥，死者好像達六十多人。我所看到的屍體遊行就是這次武鬥後的事。

had to wear forever

the clothes they died in.