繞著一棵樹
Circling a tree
繞圈子
round and round,
是哲學的遊戲
philosophy’s game,
起步時
At first
你走在前
you walk ahead.
我走在後
I come after.
走著走著
As we walk,
怎麼怎麼
somehow
是我在前
I’m ahead,
你走在後
you’re behind.
奇異的位置
Odd positions
游移不定
keep shifting,
你能告訴我原因麼?
who can say why?
我在車站等巴士
I wait at the stop,
車子來了,人人爭先
the bus comes, everyone shoving to be first.
把我擠到最後
I’m last.
我去示威
I join a protest,
防暴警察來了
the riot squad arrives,
我被推到最前面
I’m pushed up front.
我在畫廊樓上
Upstairs at the gallery
遇上前拉斐爾畫派
I meet the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood,
到了樓下,碰見后現代
downstairs the postmodernists.
走在我前面的人
The fellow in front
自稱后后青年
says he’s post-post-youth.
背後那人說是前前衛
The one behind claims he’s avant-avant-garde.
也許這正是
Maybe this is the reason
一棵樹
trees
從不走路的原因
never walk.
繞著一棵樹
Circling a tree
繞圈子
round and round
令我頭暈
makes one dizzy.