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Uniform
Trns. by John Balcom
They all wear the same uniform, they all
Swing their arms in unison, they all march to the same step
On a road of lush spring grass; they are satisfied
To close ranks, their eyebrows, mouths, and shoulders
Forming a line to carefully measure the silent plain
Even the wind dares not cough. They
Chop down conceited trees, prune away
Leafy branches and flowers; finally they all
Look up and shake their heads as one, for naturally, as
Dressers and keepers of this earthly garden, they cannot force
Uniformity on the clouds in the sky
From "Frontier
Taiwan: An Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry" ( p.388),
New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
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制服
他們穿著一致的服裝，擺盪
一致的手臂，邁出一致的步伐
走在春草茸茸的路上，滿意地
把眉毛、嘴脣、肩膀靠攏成
水平線──仔細丈量沈靜的野原
甚至連風也不敢咳嗽。他們
砍伐了自高自大的樹木，修剪
枝葉分歧的花草，最後一致
仰首搖頭──身為地上的園丁
當然制服不了空中化的雲朵 |
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