大陆的轨迹

2010-11-15

闪烁的哈德逊河               

你无声无息的长曲             

夹杂大洋失落船艘的音讯      

昔日鲜红的河谷坍塌 群鹰远去 

那一刻 仿佛所有人停步       

第八大道深邃的底部          

一注阳光从天顶降临  点亮蓬松的白发

又消失 如从未存在过的形体     

如《纽约时报》编辑室里废弃的标题

而我身后                      

中国的河湖在先后枯涸          

荒原蔓延                       

无休止的爱和泪试图            

把它们重新注满 洗刷干净       

谁说这不值一试？              

此刻我还有转身离开的力气      

你我去各自眷顾各自种下的果树

等待上帝竖起食指             

审阅答题                    

那时我将年华老去  像一只獾  

因啃咬了太多灌木和敌人而下巴松脱

满足而厌倦地等待死亡之吻   

不再抱怨寒冷 不再向所爱者流露尖锐的眼神

在林荫道上  在庙宇和教堂的台阶前

旅人们                            

丢弃行装 静坐相依                 

听大陆唱着不同的歌                 

相聚又分离                         

The Trail of Continents

Glittering Hudson River

Your silent long tunes, mixed

With messages from lost vessels in the ocean

Red valleys have collapsed, their eagles fled

At that moment, as if everyone stopped

In the deep bottom of 8^th Ave.

A sun beam shot from heaven, ignited fleecy white hair

Then vanished, like a body that never existed

Or a headline abandoned in New York Times office

Behind me

Rivers and lakes are drying up in China

Wasteland is prevailing

But endless love and tears are trying

To refilled them, to wash them clean

Who said it is not worth trying?

Now I still have the strength to turn around and leave

You and I will take care of the fruit trees we planted, separately

Waiting for God to raise his index finger

Reviewing our answers

I’ll be old then, like a badger

A jaw loosened for too much biting on woods and enemies

Waiting for the kiss of Death, satisfied and weary

No more complains about cold weather; no more sharp looks at the beloved ones

On the boulevard, or on the stairs leading to temples and churches – 

Travelers
Throw away their luggage, sitting down and lean on each other
As continents come together and move apart
Singing different songs

价值观改变基因

跟Jon在纽约偶遇，一起在SOHO吃大餐。他因给银行家讲课而赚了点外快，我们点了18个牡蛎，一人9个，吃得两人直发傻，到了美国，人很容易变成暴发户。

然后他接着几杯红酒白酒和马提尼讲自己的基因理论。我们熟悉的是“自私基因”理论，也就是人的基因里都有自私冲动，不断繁衍扩张破坏，这最终会带来人类末日。

“但是！我认为，价值观可以改变人类自私基因里的毁灭部分，我们可以通过改变价值观，重塑我们的基因！”他说，“我才不在乎什么商业计划，我的计划是拯救人类！”

原来我一晚上在跟本世纪的耶稣基督在一起狂吃牡蛎来着，乖乖……但是我要承认，他的话确实为人类点亮了新希望！

从今天起，改变价值观，我再也不一口气吃9个牡蛎了……现在躺在床上还觉得恶心……

Magical New York

New York proved to be magical again:

1.      I went to Broadhurst Theater and watched a Shakespeare play
“Merchant of Venice” with Al Pacino playing Shylock;
2.      Meryl Streep was sitting in front of me (I watched “Out of Africa”
more than 20 times since college), obviously cheering for her buddy.

But, the most magical story was about the old lady sitting beside me.
She asked what I thought about the show. I honestly answer: it’s very
interesting (I didn’t dare to say “amusing” as well) to see how the
boys and girls speak and move in American style in Shakespeare’s show,
and even more interesting to see that such a show would be interpreted
in a more conventional way here than in London.
The old lady fell silent for a while before she indignantly buttoned
up her coat, “I think this is a GREAT production!”
And there she turned around and never looked at me again. I guess she
doesn’t like the idea that London theaters dare to present Shakespeare
play…

The Panther -- Reine Maria Rilke

                                   in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

From seeing the bars, his seeing is so exhausted
that it no longer holds anything anymore.
To him the world is bars, a hundred thousand
bars, and behind the bars, nothing.

The lithe swinging of that rhythmical easy stride
which circles down to the tiniest hub
is like a dance of energy around a point
in which a great will stands stunned and numb

Only at times the curtains of the pupil rise
without a sound...then a shape enters,
slips through the tightened silence of the shoulders
reaches the heart, and dies

浑身发软

长途飞行、倒时差、来例假、赶工，什么都赶在了一起。

在哥伦比亚大学的讲座上，脑子只有一半在转。美国人倒是不吝赞美，我们的讲座还蛮受欢迎。

昨天结束论坛，回到酒店赶了篇稿，今早起来就软掉了，像根面条一样。要是有人把我从头部拎起来，我的其余部分看起来肯定是无脊椎动物的形状。好不容易打点了力气，从哥大订的奢华酒店换到自己订的中档酒店，一进门就觉得好大落差——大厅乱哄哄，没有门房，屋子像集体宿舍。由奢入简难啊。

现在还是浑身发软，本想出去走走的，躺在床上动不了……

窗外就是曼哈顿的高楼和哈德逊河，我打算花一点时间，爬起来继续奋斗！在纽约的周末怎能躺在床上！

可我还是爬不起来……