春雨 | 汉诗英译

   春 雨           红娃

深夜中悄然落下的雨滴

如果不是一个深夜中醒来的人

投身在孤寂的夜色中

就不可能会觉察

大多数的雨，在夜色中是看不见的

只有少数的雨，借助于路灯的照射

会像零星的星火一样

在路面上亮起，又消失

像一首诗中闪亮的词语

从无声到滴答而落

雨水从屋檐敲打在水泥袋子上

这空空的弦乐，或许它什么也没有诉说

它在深夜中落入不眠者的耳朵

但是它使我们要急于说出一场雨

或关于雨的一些话语

一个雨夜中醒来的人，也许会借助雨声

想起一匹马，或者一个人

Spring Rain

by Hong Wa

The midnight clandestine rain

is seen only by the ones who wake up in the wee hour

and become engrossed in its seclusion.

No one else would notice it.

Most night rains are surreptitious;

only very few of them, owing to street lamps,

show up like careless glitter

and vanish in double quick time

like words that shine in a poem.

Drip drop drip drop, from the eaves to the cement bags,

they overtake silence.

The unescorted chordophone, likely without a motive,

enters wakeful ears in the depth of night.

And it entreats us to belt out words about the rain

or things related to rain.

Someone who wakes up in a rainy night may, triggered by rain,

recall a certain horse, or a certain person.

红娃，本名王蕾，其多幅绘画作品与诗歌作品发表于国内相关报刊杂志，鲁迅美术学院毕业。

Translated by Duck Yard Lyricists

Duck Yard Lyricists is a group of devoted poetry lovers: Meifu Wang, Michael Soper, & Guy Hibbert.

本诗由 PATHSHARERS BOOKS（美国同道出版社）

Duck Yard Lyricists 翻译

编辑：王傲霏,  二审：曼曼，终审：金石开

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