梁小斌《端详》| 汉诗英译
端 详 梁小斌
在那忘我耕耘
被我虔诚地摆放田埂上的
那只黑色陶罐
陶罐内含
稀粥如影
南瓜方正如印
有荷叶
摆放几把黄豆
喂养亲爱的耕牛
我和耕牛共同商定
泥腿蹚过水田数遍之后
就可享用
各自的早餐
只要早餐在那里
我和耕牛看上去是在犁田向前
我心里明白
都在围着广阔天地打转
田埂上的那只黑色陶罐，终于
悬挂出一根黑豆角
像活着一样在风中飘摇
那只黑豆角
形状鲜亮
滋味很鲜
但广阔天地的生存原则是：
先劳动
后吃饭
是那忘我耕耘的岁月
将我锤炼
从此我变成一位
端详着咸味
就能喝下稀饭的人
选自《诗刊》
A Quiet Look
by Liang Xiaobin
On the footpath
in the middle of the selfless farm field,
I respectfully placed
a black clay pot.
In the black pot, there was
porridge as thin as a shadow,
mixed with square chunks of pumpkin.
And, on a big lotus leaf,
I put a few handfuls of soybean
for my precious ox.
My ox and I agreed
that after going a few rounds in the muddy paddy,
we would enjoy
our respective breakfasts.
As long as breakfast was there,
even though we might be plowing up and down,
in my heart I understood
we were going around a fixed point under the sky.
Finally, over the black clay pot
a cowpea’s offshoot hung high,
a lovely living thing, fluttering in the wind.
That cowpea had
the loveliest look,
the freshest taste.
The principle of survival remains:
labor comes first,
food comes second.
Those years I devoted myself to farming
have tempered
and shaped me into someone
for whom a quiet look at something savory
is enough to relish a bowl of porridge.
Translated by Duck Yard Lyricists
本诗由 PATHSHARERS BOOKS（美国同道出版社）
Duck Yard Lyriists 翻译