| 悼亡父袁宏：诗获美文学奖提名 |
| 送交者: 老猿 2013年06月21日10:18:16 于 [新 大 陆] 发送悄悄话 |
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父亲是2012年元月二日下午5时走的。他在世时，我们很少相聚， 也从未亲近过。因他对我动辄打骂，我从小怕他，进而由害怕生厌恶，由厌恶生蔑视，一生都觉得他不是个正常父亲。可是，自他去世後，我每次想到他，都倍感他亲切可敬，每次都眼泪转角。我理解， 这便是人间亲情。我用英文写过上十首诗专门纪念他，大概因情真意切，都被较为著名的英文文学杂发表过。 日前在网上浏览，偶然发现以下这首诗竟然获美国著名文学杂《莫比尔诗刊》提名为全美著名“小推车”文学奖2012年候选诗，虽最终未能获奖，实以令人欣慰。现将原诗及中文译文贴出，可为分享，也为存档，更为对亡父的怀念。 Kinship: For Yuan Hongqi Yes, we are father and son, but so often Did I doubt this simple small biofact: We could never say more than three short Sentences to each other when we met, nor Did we meet more than three times per year Before I managed to flee a thousand miles Away from you, and later ten thousand away From your village on this world's other side
Like other Chinese fathers, you never said You loved me, gave me a hug, or touched me Unless it was a cutting pinch in the arm Or a heavy hit on the butt, (always in surprise) While my peers kept bragging aloud About their great fathers, grandfathers I looked down upon you, not because of Your slight stature, but because of your Smaller personality, constantly calling you "A Buddha outside, a Devil at home" (Of course behind your back), so I used to Feel guilty, fearing I could never shed Any teardrops when you die, just as every True Confucian son is supposed to
Unlike me and my son, with a big store of Co-memories ready to share, to cherish We were born enemies, karma-determined In our former lives, just as you had explained To my mother, (who would be busy filling In each new crack on our wall, with a big pail Of muddy mixture every time we met)
Yet ever since your death at the dawn of 2012 I have been haunted by your image, kindly Smiling, and even sobbed my heart out While dreaming last night: are you there, Dad?
[First published in Mobius: The Poetry Magazine] 我一共5次被提名获美国著名“小推车”文学奖。以下顺便贴出存档∶∶ 1. "Kinship: for Yuan Hongqi." nominated by Mobius for a Pushcart Prize for 2012 [链接link:: http://www.mobiuspoetry.com/prizeawards.htm];
2. "SAWS: A Seasonal Poem," nominated by Wilderness House Literary Review for a Pushcart prize for 2011. [链接 link:: http://www.fictionaut.com/forums/general/threads/1448];
3. "Word Collage: A Democratic Poem," nominated by Carcinogenic Poetry (Virgogray Press) for a Puschcart prize for 2010. [链接 link:: http://virgograypress.com/2010/11/25/2010-virgogray-press-pushcart-prize-nominees/];
4. "S. E. W. N," nominated by Blue Fifth Review for a Pushcart Prize for 2009. [链接 http://samofthetenthousandthings.blogspot.com/2009/11/bfrs-pushcart-nominations.html]. Also, originally published by BFR, my poem "Last Single Sale" was selected for inclusion in Best New Poems Online;
5. "Chansons of a Chinaman," nominated by my first poetry book publisher Leaf Garden Press for a Pushcart Prize for 2009. [链接 link:: http://leafgardenpress.blogspot.com/]. |
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