一位美国牧师的忏悔

隔着墙

倾听黑暗的秘密

那些无形的耳朵

我知道，不属於上帝

因此我带他们去树林里散步

让风与虫与鸟与兽

把他们滔滔的忏悔

一一翻成密码

交给沉默的大树

直接向天堂拍发

我的耳朵，上帝慈悲

早在上次战争中被炮声震聋

我却一直深深瞒着

没让那些可怜的灵魂知道

     附记：《时代周刊》报导，一位驻莫斯科的美国牧师，为了防止苏俄秘密警察窃听美国外交官丶记者及商人托他转达上帝的忏悔，特地设计了「到树林里散步」的方式，边走边忏悔，希望既可使犯罪的灵魂得到舒解，又能减少泄密的危险。

        1984.1.6   非馬詩   No.314

發表處所：

世界副刊(1984.3.12);美洲中國時報(1984.4.19);

文季(1984.9);自立副刊(1985.1.16);《路》

A PASTOR'S CONFESSION

listening to the dark secrets

behind the walls

those invisible ears

I know

do not belong to God

so I take a walk in the woods with a penitent

let the wind the insects the birds and the animals

convert his endless confessions into secret codes

and give them to the reticent trees

to transmit directly to heaven

my ears, by the grace of God

were deafened by gunfire during the last war

yet as usual I keep it secret

from the poor soul

Note:  According to a news report, in order to prevent national secrets been stolen by eavesdropping Russian secret agents, an American pastor in Moscow adopted the practice of  " taking a walk in the woods" during a confession session.

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