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北岛的一首诗歌《回答》及英译
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北岛·《回答》及英译 | Bei Dao The Answer |
| 卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证， | Baseness is a passport for the base, |
| 高尚是高尚者的墓志铭， | Honour an epitaph for the honourable. |
| 看吧，在那镀金的天空中， | See how the gilded sky teems |
| 飘满了死者弯曲的倒影。 | With the twisted shadows of the dead. |
| 冰川纪过去了， | The ice age is over, |
| 为什么到处都是冰凌？ | So why does ice still bind the world? |
| 好望角发现了， | The Cape of Good Hope has been discovered, |
| 为什么死海里千帆相竞？ | So why is the Dead Sea still thick with sails? |
| 我来到这个世界上， | I come into this world |
| 只带着纸、绳索和身影， | Carrying only paper, rope and a shadow, |
| 为了在审判前， | To proclaim before judgment is passed |
| 宣读那些被判决的声音。 | This plea of the judged: |
| 告诉你吧，世界 | Listen to me, world, |
| 我——不——相——信！ | I—do—not—believe! |
| 纵使你脚下有一千名挑战者， | If a thousand challengers lie beneath your feet |
| 那就把我算作第一千零一名。 | Then I am number one thousand and one. |
| 我不相信天是蓝的， | I don't believe the sky is blue; |
| 我不相信雷的回声， | I don't believe the thunder's roar; |
| 我不相信梦是假的， | I don't believe that dreams are false; |
| 我不相信死无报应。 | I don't believe that death has no revenge. |
| 如果海洋注定要决堤， | If the ocean is destined to breach the dike; |
| 就让所有的苦水都注入我心中， | Then let its bitter water pour into my soul; |
| 如果陆地注定要上升， | If the land is destined to rise, |
| 就让人类重新选择生存的峰顶。 | Then let mankind choose a new mountain for survival. |
| 新的转机和闪闪星斗， | The vast unobstructed firmament |
| 正在缀满没有遮拦的天空。 | Is lit with glimmering stars; |
| 那是五千年的象形文字， | They are a new turning: |
| 那是未来人们凝视的眼睛。 | These hieroglyphs of the ages, |
| These staring eyes of the future. | |
| 1976年4月 | Apr-76 |
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