雨後泥塵
布里安省

綠海平原，滔滔滾動了
千年
之久

還在加速翻轉...直到
人們破壞
地球上的每一株新芽

在綠天鵝絨包覆著的貧窮子宮內
孩子們休息著，由那兒出發
是通往都市的單行道
因其資源的分配不均

較高智慧發出的警告
正耳語著，卻哭不出來：

「我們該怎麼辦？」

面目冷漠的官僚們回答的
致命話語中是這一句：

「我們能做什麼呢？」

地球
與之同謀

The Rain will be Dust
Buriram Province

The green fields roll past
As they have for a thousand
Years

Faster until people
Destroy
Every sprout of the earth

The children are resting
In the green velvet womb of poverty
Where distribution is a one-way road to the city

A warning from a wiser voice
Whispers but cannot weep,

"What shall we do?"

Among mortal signs
Faceless bureaucrats respond,

"What can we do?"

The earth
Plots

笑聲來自何方
榜光監獄/暖武里省

他在鐐銬中笑著，因那是唯一能笑之處境
他在黑暗中寫著，因那兒沒有一丁點光
他的自由僅能擴及獄卒允許的距離
而他的人性，崇高到可直達
一個朝他而來的朋友

透過我們無期徒刑的弊病
和監獄牢房的限制
幽默和笑聲，儘管蒼白
卻發光發亮，經由細微聯係
——已然觸及友情間至尊人性

From where the Laughter Comes
Bangkwang Prison, Nonthaburi Province

He laughs in chains because its the only place to laugh
He writes in darkness, as there is no light
His freedom extends as far as the warden allows
While his humanity, sublime, reaches out
To a friend reaching out

Through the stigma of our endless sentence
And the confines of a prison cell
Humour and laughter pale
Yet alight with the slightest touch
The human touch of friend upon friend

Tom Radzienda: A Promise for Siam, 
Pentameter Press International: Thailand, 2002. 
ISBN: 974-88608-3-3

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