塔

作者：何均

时间：2007-5-10 周四, 下午1:00

Pagoda

By(China)He jun

Tr. Lake

My bones and muscles made of stone

nine stories tall aloft a mountain top.

I play, touching rosy clouds

and look down on the world of mortals rolling on.

For a thousand years have I remained silent.

Solid inside, I have no doors

nor stairways for visitors, who

are forbidden to climb upon my head

overwhelmed with their success.

Look up at me with respect !

I love tired birds all over me,

perching and singing merrily to the sky

even with their white droppings.

But, weary I am in body and mind

for I've endured wind and rain for centuries.

From the many vicissitudes of life

I have lost patience to wait

On a stormy night, at my own will

I descend from my soaring height

to return to the earth.

附录原诗:

塔

何均

我用石头筑建筋骨

我身高九层，耸立山巅

触摸云霞玩耍

俯瞰滚滚与红尘

我已沉默千年

我很实心，不要人

走的门和楼梯

就是要他们肃立仰视我

不许爬在我的头上

得意而忘形

但我喜欢倦鸟栖息

向天空放声歌唱

哪怕溜我一身白鸟粪

我知道我的身心很累

饱尝世纪和风雨

我已阅尽沧海桑田

再没耐心和等待

一个狂风暴雨之夜

我自行取消凌云和高度

归宿大地与自然

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