母亲 

Mother 

 曾虹 

自然正在收复你 

你的脸 

呈现风化的页岩 

眼睛 

枯叶阻滞的黑暗水流 

Nature is reclaiming you 

Your face 

Reveals the wind-eroded rock 

Eyes 

Dark stream blocked by withered leaves 

视而不见 

你在你身处的世界之外 

在我无法触及的隐形圈中移动 

风干的蝉蜕在光中轻轻摇晃 

Gazing without seeing 

You are outside the world you’re in 

You move in an invisible circle that I cannot touch 

Dried cicada shells sway gently in the light 

此刻我还能在想像中 

握住你温热粗糙的手 

那些被太阳磨蚀烤暖的沙土 

正被黑夜涌来的潮汐卷走 

At this moment I can still imagine 

Holding your warm chafed hand 

Those sun-eroded and warmed sand 

Are licked away by night tide 

在昨夜的梦中 

你在幽暗迷宫的无数走廊 

不可避免地与我相遇 

在我前面，侧面，身后 

意想不到的心惊时刻 

In the dream of last night 

In the dim labyrinth of innumerable corridors 

I met you at every turn 

You were in front of me, by my side, behind me 

In surprising, heart-stilling moments 

我想挣脱梦境 

却一次次跌入另一层梦境 

像淹没在一层层涟漪中 

或消失在无数隐退的门道深处 

你的脸在黑暗中看不清 

褪去了所有我熟悉的表情 

像陌生的静物 

像黑色无名、波涛般的树 

I struggled to get out of the dream 

Only fell into another frame of dream 

As if drowning into layers of ripples 

Or disappearing into endless recess of doorways 

Your face was indistinguishable in the dark 

Emptied of all emotions I’m familiar with in you 

You looked like a strange still object 

Like a black, anonymous, wave-topped tree 

半夜我终于醒来 

积雪映白了窗口 

我被无名的焦虑摄住 

不知将重见天明的我 

是否把你遗落在 

挣不脱的夜晚梦境里 

永远锁住 

At midnight I finally woke up 

Snow reflected whiteness in the window 

I was seized with a nameless anxiety 

Not knowing whether I 

Who will see another daylight 

Had lost you 

Into that inextricable night dream 

Where you were forever locked 

　　曾虹，电子科大外国语学院87级科技英语专业，91年毕业考入北京外国语大学攻读硕士、博士，获英美文学博士，师从著名学者钱青教授，毕业后留校任教。97年前往美国北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校（University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill）攻读博士学位，获比较文学博士学位。