要是語言的製作來自廚房
If language is made in the kitchen,
內心就是臥室。他們說
the heart, they say, is the bedroom.
內心要是臥室
If the heart is the bedroom,
妄想,就是臥室的主人
delirium’s its master.
從鳥兒眼睛表達過的妄想裏
Birds’ eyes transmit delirium;
擺弄弱音器的男孩子
the boy playing with the trumpet-mute
承認:騷動
confessing turmoil
正像韻律
is merely the rhythm
不會做夢的腦子
the brain can’t dream,
只是一塊時間的荒地
one parcel of time’s wasteland.
擺弄弱音器的男孩子承認
The boy toying with the mute admits
但不懂得:
yet doesn’t understand:
被避孕的種子
sterile seeds
並不生產形象
produce no forms.
每一粒種子是一個原因……
Each seed is a reason
想要說出的
wanting to say
原因,正像地址
reason, like a street address,
不說。抽菸的野蠻人
says nothing. The cigarette-smoking barbarians
不說就把核桃
wordlessly crush walnuts
按進桌面。他們說
on the tabletop. They say
一切一切議論
all discussion
應當停止——當
should stop—when
四周的馬匹是那樣安靜
horses go silent,
當牠們,在觀察人的眼睛……
gazing at human eyes.