鳥兒會飛去何處？

白日已張開眼 遠遠地早過
我，還在床上聽鳥
唱著耳朵珍愛的歌
我是個睡夢中的鳥類學家

白日已張開眼 眨一眨告訴
我們，工作、流汗和勞役的時間到了
而另外一邊，
地球只不過還在轉著

我該升高對太陽眨個眼嗎
感謝太陽的提醒
鮮血，流淌在絲綢般的綠色大地上
和它之上的各種災難

這天夜晚，
白日將不會輕輕闔眼
而是消耗一次即可丟棄的生命
和千百萬個之多的重量
讓白日終於垂下了眼

墜入黑色的
海，被火塗成了一片紅





Where will the Birds Go?

The eye of the day opens long before
Me, still listening to birds from my bed
There is singing that ears cherish
I’m a sleeping ornithologist

The eye of the day winks and tells
Us, it’s time to work, to sweat, to slave
On the other hand,
The earth is merely turning

Need I rise to blink at the sun
To thank it for its reminder
Blood, shot on the silken green earth
And its sundry disasters

This evening
The eye of the day will not gently close
But will fall with the weight
Of a million disposable earths

Into the black
Sea, painted red with fire

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

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