任先青·《等待诗里的火车》英译

我在等待诗里的一列火车

等待它 铿锵的足音 凌厉的啸呼  

大气磅礴  震撼我 穿越我

仿佛等待一次盛大庆典 我率先

听到自己嘭嘭的心跳

经典打开 情思渐盛  骨骼拔节

鲜活 饱和 火车满载花朵疾驶而来……

于斯 我已不在乎被一摞词语逼上梁山

不在乎 空格地里种瓜得豆

不在乎 被你和尖刻的生活 误读

Waiting for a Train in the Land of Poetry

Ren Xianqing

I’m waiting for a train in the land of poetry.

Waiting in hope for its clanging sounds and forceful roaring past!

Let its display of great momentum shock me and traverse me.

As if eager for a grand celebration to approach, I’m the very first

to hear my own thumping heart.

With the classics open, thoughts of love growing, and my bones elongating,

the train speeds up, laden with flowers—fresh, vivid, and profuse..

Thereupon, who cares if I’m driven to join the Liangshan rebels by a pile of words and expressions?

I don’t mind that I grow melons in empty spaces but reap beans;

I don’t mind being misread by you or these preposterous times.

（Meifu Wang, Huanghongqi, and Steven Townsend 译）