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玩具街道 | Toy Street

Sometimes they / Also kill ants

By Zhu Yiye
Translated from Chinese by Liuyu Ivy Chen
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玩具街道

女孩蹲的很低
粉色的膝盖
高过头顶
她们将小船
刷成翠绿
她们有时
也杀害蚂蚁

男孩在夜里
曾到达房顶
悄悄注视着
床单下的鱼
怎样将梦
缓缓托起

夜短的像刚刚
剪下的碎发
火柴盒摇晃
将人们惊醒

白天把帽檐
压得很低
目光隐秘

沉睡的炸弹
叠起的旗帜
倾斜的楼梯
赤裸的墙壁

黑暗中的孩子
祈求从未出生
从未穿过一条
玩具街道
兜售大炮
坦克和飞机
游戏之后
世界
不再年轻

从此每个人
都获得
一种语言
无人听懂
秘密的生活
不再入眠

从此羞于
表达善意
用后背和斗笠
面对野花太阳
榕树和小溪

2013 年 10 月 5 日
越南 顺化

Toy Street

Girls squat very low
Pink knees above heads
They paint little boats
In jade green
Sometimes they
Also kill ants

Boys have reached
The roof at night
Watching silently how
The fish under the bedsheet
Slowly hold up dreams

Night short as
Cut ends of hair
A matchbox shakes
Startling people from sleep

Daytime presses down
The brim of a hat
An enigmatic look

Sleeping bombs
Folded flags
Slanting stairs
Bare walls

Children in the dark
Pray to have never been born
Never crossing a
Toy street selling cannons
Tanks and airplanes
After the game
The world
Is no longer young

From now on everyone
Acquires a language
No one understands
A secret life
Sleeps no more

From now on ashamed
Of expressing goodwill
Backs and bamboo hats
Facing wildflowers the sun
Banyan trees and creeks

10/05/2013
Hue, Vietnam