小沙弥 | 汉诗英译

小沙弥韩少君

说说他吧，他是个孩子，从前的

红脸蛋弟子，肩上挂着密布花纹的粗褡裢

学着吃陕西土豆, 父兄领来的小囚徒

笑眯眯的小沙弥，黄尘中，薄雪里

木栅内接受叮当响的硬币

我知道那是有人想摸摸你的光脑袋

有人不好意思，手伸出，又收回

都快接近你了，胸口有些不适

从几十米高处，缓慢地下了栈道

我过不了那个坎儿，小沙弥

我在南方边地的芭蕉叶后面

见到过你，复活之日，清晨

你瞌睡连连，赤足，捧着粥钵

沿街敲着木锤，伊洛瓦底江畔

你用小篮子装过几条拧在一起的鳝鱼

谁都知道，你是穿了布袍的木疙瘩

有一天，在我的生命中，发挥了作用

一颗笑眯眯的星辰就在眼前

选自《诗刊》

Little Child Monk

by Han Shaojun

A few words about him: a mere child, a rosy-cheeked

novice earlier, but now carries a tapestry shoulder bag

and has got used to Shaanxi potatoes. This little captive soul was brought to priesthood by his father and brother.

Little monk, all smiles, roams the yellow earth and icy land,

accepting coins from pilgrims inside the palisade.

I see that some yearn to touch your tonsured head,

timorously stretching out a hand half way and quickly shrinking back.

Almost there, almost reaching you, but my tight chest

has slowed me down on the path, starting some hundred feet up.

I am not sure I can cross the hurdle, little child monk.

I once saw you behind banana leaves

in the south. On the day of rebirth, too early in the morning,

you kept dozing off, along Irrawaddy River, barefoot,

with a porridge bowl in hand, tapped with a drumstick.

You had a small basket with a small bundle of eels.

Everyone knows you are a son of man in a robe.

But one day you played a part in my life,

appearing before my eyes like a smiling star.

韩少君，中国作协会员，湖北省作协委员，湖北省荆门市文联副主席。1983年开始习诗，著有《倾听》《你喜欢的沙文主义》《洗浴过的工人阶级》《夜里会有什么声音》《黄金日子》《另一粒阳光》，获首届“或者”诗歌奖、首届朝阳文艺奖、《长江文艺》诗歌奖等。

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）

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编辑：王傲霏, 二审：曼曼，终审：金石开

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