雷平阳·《快和慢》英译

只有贩毒的人是快的    

在这儿，其他都很慢

最慢的是怒江

只有吸毒的人是快的

在这儿，其他都很慢

最慢的是苍山

　　

只有死亡是快的

在这儿，其他都很慢

最慢的是活着

在这儿，只有我的心是快的

其他都很慢，最慢的

是我的那些不能直呼其名的

死去的乡亲，或他们还醒着的坟

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Fast and Snow

Lei Pingyang

 

Only the drug dealers are fast

In this place, everything else is slow

Slowest of all is the Nu River

Only the drug addicts are fast

In this place, everything else is slow

Slowest of all are hazy green mountains

 

Only death is fast

In this place, everything else is slow

Slowest of all is being alive

In this place, only my heart is fast

Everything else is slow, and slowest of all

Are the dead from my village

Who I can’t call by name, and their still-waking graves