Are There Some Dead Who Are Lucky
Are there some dead who are lucky
Who death has transported to purity
A business of purity
Construction site of luxury
Are there even luckier ones
Among the lucky
Who in their lifetime entered the Pit of Bones
Secret chamber in rock cavern, Atapuerca, Spain
Spades and shovels in hand they worshipped
10 inches of dirt in 7 months
Deep into ancient burial rites at least 200,000 years old
Are there some dead who are lucky
Who with their entire bodies are now
Pushing through to yesterday’s destination
In an immense land by the Pacific
Stands a dense myriad of artificial woods
Have you wondered what climate resulted in settlements of such flat trees?
You know what keywords to input to solve
This mystery
Have you tried the major search engines?
In a vaster underground forest that fills more than one Pacific
Another kind of nameless warrior
Ran before turning into a grove, prowled and probed the land
Unbinding time wrestlers’
Tangled limbs, broken private parts
Soft wrinkles and hard cocoons
Drawing their likeness
Adding a few touches
Or erasing and rewriting
Among the dead
Are some
Luckier than others
They swung spades and shovels when alive
And lessened death’s weight upon us
10 inches of dirt in 7 months
Is it possible
Is that number possible? Close to reality?
What does it mean in this century?
I try to remember
And find out if there’re some dead
Who when I recall them make me laugh
At them, at me:
They had as little as I do, but
When it comes to memories
Their ambition compared to mine
Is boundlessly astronomical
On their return voyage, they bring aliens or our ancestors from ancient times
Meanwhile, will all the dead
Eventually sink into the core of time
Where Memory lifts its veil and blesses every last one of them--
--And if that is true
Can it be, that there are some dead who are lucky?
〈是不是有些幸運的死者〉
是不是有些幸運的死者
死亡把他們帶進純粹
純粹的事業
豪華的工地
是不是有些更幸運的
在幸運者當中
他們生前曾進入，西班牙阿塔普爾卡
岩洞中的密室，遺骨之穴
手握鍬鏟朝拜
7 個月 10 英寸泥土
深入最古老，至少 20 萬年前的葬禮儀式
是不是有些幸運的死者
現在正用全身
向昨日的目的地進行到底
在太平洋邊，有一片廣大的土地
密密麻麻人造林矗立
你曾對什麼氣候造成這種扁平的樹木群落好奇？
你知道要輸入什麼關鍵字才能解開
這個謎
你曾試過各大搜尋引擎？
在更遼闊，填滿不只一座太平洋的地下森林
另一種無名戰士
在變成樹叢前奔跑，踏查土地
鬆開時空摔跤手
糾纏的上下肢，破碎的私處
柔軟的皺紋硬的繭
畫下它們的樣子
添上幾筆
或擦掉，重寫
是不是有些死者
比其他死者
幸運
他們活著時揮動鍬鏟
減輕死亡给我們的重量
7 個月 10 英寸泥土
可能嗎
這數字可能嗎？接近真實？
在本世紀意味什麼？
我試著回憶
找出是不是有些死者
讓我想起他們時能大笑
笑他們，笑我：
他們擁有的和我一樣少，但
對於回憶，
他們的野心比起我
是不著邊際的太空
當他們返航，攜帶的是外星人或我們遠古的祖先
然而，是不是所有死者
終將沉入時間的核心
「回憶」揭開面紗，賜福給他們，一個也不少——
——如果這是真的
是不是真的有，有些幸運的死者？
