關於現代詩《水雉》雙語賞析

水雉是水雉科的一種。在臺灣多棲息於菱角田間，俗稱菱角鳥，在繁殖期金黃褐白羽色和長長尾羽，水上盈盈、姿態翩翩又有“凌波仙子”美稱。

《水雉》

哨兵

仲夏時分早就過了衆鳥的孵化期，但在洪湖

溼地保護區，一隻水雉

卻趴在芡實上，捂實那窩鳥蛋

橫住了我的'去途。整個傍晚

我們就這樣默不做聲，彼此

對峙，似友

更像死敵。時光

就此倒流，湖面上的空寂

和薄霧，彷彿戰爭過後的慘景

我期待着它能快點飛走，好讓我

趕在天黑前，打探清楚

七十年前水牢的位置。但水雉

卻堵在獨木舟前，神態安詳

鎮定，絲毫不亞於

那些受刑領死的先哲

英語譯文——

Jacana

Shao Bing

In midsummer, far past the roosting season, in the protected

wetlands of Lake Hong, a Jacana

broods over some gorgon fruit, hovering over them like eggs

in the middle of my path. Through the night

the Jacana and I maintain our silence, facing

off, like companions

but more like mortal enemies. Time

reverses its flow, the solitude on the lake surface and

the mist, seem like the tragic aftermath of war

I expect the Jacana to fly away, so that I can

beat sundown, on my quest to find out where those watery jails

used to hail. But the Jacana

blocks the canoe, its manner serene

unperturbed, no less than

those ancient sages on the eve of martyrdom