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写给儿子刘云帆 刘 年
1
突然想到了身后的事
写几句话给儿子
其实，火葬最干净
只是我们这里没有
不要开追悼会
这里，没有一个人懂得我的一生
不要请道士
他们唱的实在不好听
放三天吧
我等一个人，很远
三天过后没来，就算了
有的人，永远都是错过
棺材里，不用装那么多衣服
土里，应该感觉不到人间的炎凉了
2
忘记说碑的事了
弄一个最简单的和尚碑
抬碑的人辛苦
可以多给些工钱
碑上，刻个墓志铭
刻什么呢，我想一想
就刻个痛字吧
这一生，我一直忍着没有说出来
凿的时候
叫石匠师傅轻一点
3
清明时候
事情不多，就来坐一坐
这里的风不冷
不用烧纸钱
不用挂青
我没有能力保佑你
说说家事
说说那盆兰花开了没有
说说最近看了什么书
交了女朋友没有
不要提往事
我没有忘记
你看石碑上的那个字
刻得那么深
不要提国事
我早已料到
你看看，石碑上的那个字
刻得那么深
2009年5月
Writing to my Son, Liu Yunfan by Liu Nian
I
I got an idea of my death
So write something to you my son at once
I believe , cremation proves the fairest
But we here have not yet got the service
Do not take a memorial meeting
For no body here understands me all my living
Do not employ the Taoist priests
For they chant sutras displeasing
Reserve my body for three days
Let me wait for a buddy, far away
Once who would fail in three days, let it pass
We have to let someone slip always
Do not stack lot of clothes in my coffin
Beneath the clay it feels none of the world warm or cool
II
Oh I forgot to mention the gravestone
Only a plain one is right as a monk's
Pay more to the stone-lifters
For they work hard
Engrave on the stone an epitaph
What words to write? Let me see
Just a character “ache”
For what is all my endurance to reveal none
When they are chiseling
Remind the stonecutters to be tender
III
At each Tomb-sweeping Day
Come here for a while to stay
When it winds cosy
Do not burn pilgrim paper
Do not hang colored ribbons
Unable to bless you I am
Just tell me our family chores
Whether the orchids are blooming
What books you have read recently
And you have made a girlfriend or not
Never mention the past
I have not forgotten yet
Look at that word in the gravestone
Which was carved so deep
Never mention the nation affairs
For I had extrapolated them since
Look at that word in the stone again
Which was carved so grave
In May, 2009
(Note: These lines were awarded as one of the Top 10 Poems during the ten years, 2001-2010 ) |
