飯後一神仙

吞進，吐出

吞進，吐出

眯著眼的神仙

斜躺在沙發上

聽唸小學的兒子

在燈下，琅琅誦讀

鴉片戰爭的歷史

香煙繚繞裡

一段即將成正果的煙灰

突然被炙燙的一聲

「割肺賠腸」

震落凡塵

饭后一神仙

吞进，吐出

吞进，吐出

眯着眼的神仙

斜躺在沙发上

听念小学的儿子

在灯下，琅琅诵读

鸦片战争的历史

香烟缭绕里

一段即将成正果的烟灰

突然被炙烫的一声

「割肺赔肠」

震落凡尘

        1978.10.16   非馬詩    No.141

發表處所﹕

臺灣時報；海洋副刊(1983);華報 ( 2001.11.9;2002.6.7 );

《非馬詩選》;《非馬的詩》；《你是那風》

AN AFTER-DINNER IMMORTAL

          “one cigarette after dinner, happy as an immortal”

                                           -- a Chinese saying

sucking in, blowing out

sucking in, blowing out

comfortably reclining on the couch

with eyes half closed

the immortal was listening to his young son

reciting under the dim light

the history of the Opium War

in the thick of  the swirling smoke

a section of ash that had been cultivated to attain divinity

was shaken abruptly by the burning words

“to cede lungs and pay indemnity with intestines”

and fell to the ground

Appeared in: 

Eastlit (February 2014); 台湾诗学双语诗

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