【Poem】One World One Dream, One Tyrannous King

( Written by Yang-Yi Kuo )

Let's praise it for One World
Let's praise it for One Dream
Let's praise it for One Tyrannous King

At the time of a coward world
in the name of this selfish dream
I become an omnipotent king

With a powerful firearm always I can
slaughter those who dissent

Yes, you should worship me:
I am the one-world king
I am the one-dream king
I am the tyrannous king

With tanks and cannons and rifles as usual I can
annihilate whatever "ought to be silenced"

cause
I am the one-world king
I am the one-dream king
I am the tyrannous king

With tens of hundreds of thousands of missiles
no doubt I can claim to own everything
everything of whatever I want

Hence all of you should
yield obedience to me

Here is part of my territory
There is part of my territory
Tibet is part of my territory
Taiwan is part of my territory
Pacific is also my territory

You fools should remember:
I am the one-world king
I am the one-dream king
I am the tyrannous king

The Earth is under my power
The solar system will be my snatch
The whole universe is someday altogether mine

You common peoples should never forget:
I am the one-world king
I am the one-dream king
I am the tyrannous king

Everything shall be mine
Everyone shall obey will of mine

Yes, yes, oh yes:
I am the one-world king
I am the one-dream king
I am the tyrannous king

So now raise your hand
and extol the hegemony of this king

At the time of a coward world
in the name of this selfish dream
I enjoy being an omnipotent king

Let's all praise it for One World
Let's all praise it for One Dream
Let's all praise it for One Tyrannous King

【譯/札】深夜舊識

我曾是深夜的舊識
因我曾在雨夜徘徊
探訪城市光影邊境

我俯望那極哀傷之巷
我曾與子夜巡警擦身
移走我視線不願多言

我曾靜立 停下腳步
因著遠方傳來的哭喊
那他巷之聲越樑穿屋

卻不是喚回我也不是道別
是的 在更遠的塵外之上
那一輪夜光高掛的時刻鐘

如此說明了時間之流無關乎對錯
而我 也只不過曾是深夜的舊識

(佛洛斯特詩作,揚義譯)

【Read】Acquainted with the Night

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-by;
And further still at an unearthly height
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.

Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)

【筆/札】平靜之翼 - 記〈疑雲殺機〉

電影院的燈光熄滅後不久,
眼前出現陌生卻鮮明之景 -

鐵軌沿線的鐵皮聚落,
皮膚黝黑的姐妹與弟兄,
貧窮的生活, 惡劣的衛生,
還有孩子們黑白分明的雙眸.

我們知道, 那裡是非洲.

群鳥掠過幾近乾涸的湖面,
除了微微晃動的畫面之外,
全場如此安靜,沒有一點聲音.

這平靜之翼的環湖飛翔,
開始了 The Constant Gardener 的故事.

導演 Fernando Meirelles 深深刻畫人性,
只是, 絕大部分的人性, 總令人失望哀傷.

The movie is unbearably beautiful,
but truthfully sad.

【Read】A Clear Midnight

This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless

Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done

Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best

Night, sleep, death and the stars


Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman


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澄淨子夜


這是你的時刻啊靈魂

是你通往無言之境的自由飛翔

遠離書籍、遠離藝術

白日被拭去、作息已完成

你奮力向前，默然凝視

沉思你最愛的主題

夜、沉睡，死亡與繁星


(惠特曼詩作,揚義譯自草葉集)

【詩/札】和美之旅

（ 圖 / 文 : 姿菁．揚義 ）

就在陽光的三月午后
我們遇見了法里士夫婦
那是一次神奇的旅程 彷彿桃花源之旅

我們攀上了高速公路
再爬進小小的巷弄
穿過一個又一個的轉彎
藝術的美景乍現眼前

就在鐵工廠的旁邊
綻放著藝術的花朵
就在綠竹紅磚前
我們沉浸於台灣與比利時共創的和諧

因著主任與副館諸位紳士們
我們有了這趟和諧與美善的旅程
也因為上帝的恩典與慈愛
我們分享了全人類共同的存在

【Poem】A Trip to Peace and Beauty

(Photo by Tzu-ching Huang / Written by Yang-yi Kuo )


When the sun shines upon March
That’s the day we meet Mr. and Mrs. Falisse
It’s a trip like the legend of Peach Blossom Land

We climb to the freeway and
Crawl along the small lane
After the right turn and the left
A marvel of art stands

Next to the ironworks
There grows the flower of artworks
In front of the bamboos and bricks
We embrace the harmony of Taiwan and Belgium

Thanks to the chiefs and the deputy
That we have a trip to Peace and Beauty
And … thanks to God’s grace and mercy
That we share the same raison d'être
of all human beings