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[非马]

有一次我要一只鸟唱歌

它说我唱
不出来也不想唱
这不是春天

我捏著它的脖子
说
唱呀唱呀
不唱歌算什么鸟

它挣扎著
但终于没唱成

我现在想
其实鸟没错
又不是诗人
哪能一年到头
说唱就唱

但那时候我祗一心
要它唱歌
竟没注意到
春天就在我手里
微颤著
断气


ONCE I ASKED A BIRD TO SING

he said no, I can't
and I won't
it's not spring

I grasped his neck
and yelled
SING! SING!
WHAT KIND OF BIRD ARE YOU IF YOU DON'T SING
he gasped and struggled
but to the end he did not utter
one single note

I now realize
it really wasn't his fault
not being a poet
he could not sing
uninspired

but possessed by a burning passion
I insisted on his singing then and there
and did not notice in my hand
spring had expired in agony


原载: 诗天空 (第五期, 2006.2.15);
The Poetry Sky Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Poetry, 2005-2006

[苑眉]

貌似有点虐待啊。。。玩笑。。。


顺便，借老师的地盘，请教老师一个问题：

“I’ll be bringing the tea in two shakes of a hare’s tail, so don’t fritter-fratter.”

这句话什么意思呢？不明白。。。
（和老师的诗无关啊，是我书里看到的，书里说这话的人是个苏格兰人）
老师能否帮忙解释一下呢？

谢谢了！

[非马]

[苑眉]

问好非马老师！

最近就忙着看电视了，这电视真是不看还好，一看起来就没个完了。。。
没日没夜，真个看得头昏眼花。。。晕~

谢谢老师的解释，又学到不少东西，开心！

老师真来南宁？那是肯定要见面的啦！
十月，其实很快也就到了！再开心！