【班門弄斧、越俎代庖】系列一百二十八 紀弦 《火葬》試譯

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《火葬》
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如一張寫滿了的信箋
躲在一隻牛皮紙的信封裡，
人們把他釘入一具薄皮棺材；

復如一封信的投入郵筒，
人們把他塞進火葬場的爐斗。
——總之，像一封信，
貼了郵票，
蓋了郵戳，
寄到很遠的國度去了。
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《Cremation》
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Like a piece of letter paper fully filled,
hidding in an envelope of kraftpaper,
people nailed him into a skinny coffin.
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Then like a letter being thrown into the pillar-box,
people stuffed him into the furnace of the crematory.
—— Like a letter, in short,
stamp affixed,
postmark sealed,
to some distant country he's posted.
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