Agnes Vong

lover of fairy tales

evening light

a valley of shadows

secrets between my footsteps and

the tangled bushes

a twig from the first branch

for the ash girl

a red apple

for the snowy white girl

a magic door

for the nosy girl

at the end of the valley

my grandmother’s grave

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黃勵瑩

童話愛好者

暮色蒼茫

有一個影子的山谷

腳步與灌木叢之間

是一大堆秘密

第一根樹枝上的嫩枝

送給那灰姑娘

一個紅蘋果

送給那白雪公主

一扇魔幻門

送給那多管閒事的女孩

山谷深處

是 祖母的墓碑

Agnes Vong

aubade

eastern glow

nest rustling

whistling shepherd boy

lambs play

hilltop cotton

sheepdog shaped

sheep strolling

midday

muddy crook prints

south wind

empties fields

blows grey

mist descends

lonely shepherd eyes

north star

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黃勵瑩

晨歌

東方燦爛

巢穴沙沙作響

牧童吹著口哨

羊兒在玩耍

牧羊把棉花趕上山坡

羊兒蹓躂

正午

曲柄在泥濘中留下痕跡

南風吹來

把空曠的原野

染成灰色

霧氣降臨

寂寞的牧羊人

看見北極星更加明亮

Agnes Vong

the composer

incense for Buddha

the only order in this pig sty

drink makes blur of reality

sickness of the heart

light burns brighter

the mountain turning grey

my final symphony

a prayer

my orchestra

carried away by a sparrow

and delivered to Buddha

burning incense for me

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黃勵瑩

作曲家

向菩薩上香

是這個豬欄的唯一秩序

酒使現實變得模糊

心在發病

焚香燒得愈猛

山變得愈加灰暗

我最後的交響曲

一首誦經

我的管弦樂隊

被麻雀啄走

帶到菩薩那裡

替我燒香

Agnes Vong

cousins

I’m a rat

running

I sniff

weary legs shuffle along in darkness

nose glued to the grassy floor

smelling food and foe

high above

my swift cousin ambles over the sky

wings almost motionless as she meanders

with the river

eyes down

our reflections meet in the water

an echo of the forest

quivering in cold moonlight

just one step

and I can reach for

the pool of shimmering stars

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黃勵瑩

表妹

吾為鼠

跑著

聞著

在黑暗中拖著疲憊的腳步

鼻子貼著草地

嗅著食物和敵人的氣味

在我之上

蝙蝠表妹在空中飛行

在河上盤旋

翼在空中靜止

眼向下望

我們的映象在水中相見

森林的回聲

在冰冷的月光下顫動

只差一步

我便可以觸及

一 池閃亮的星星

Agnes Vong

funeral march

no mourners

a small hut in the grass

by the reeds in the river

the eldest son

caught an eel

but it had to be thrown back

the second son

looked after the chicken farm

culled all of them

now just the youngest son

plays with a chick

–       the one that got away

vegetables, rice – all that they ate

even their shit is poison

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黃勵瑩

殯儀曲

無人送殯

草叢中，一間陋室

就在河邊的蘆葦灘旁

大兒子

捕到鰻魚

但必需拋回河中

二兒子

看守雞場

屠殺了所有雞隻

小兒子

與雞為伴

    ── 那唯一走掉的小雞

蔬果、米飯 ── 所有的糧食

連他們的便溺也是毒

Agnes Vong

three

there used to be only one bridge

it had a name

but people simply called it ‘the bridge’

a second bridge was built

it also had a name

and in order to distinguish them

people called them the new bridge and the old bridge

now another bridge has been built

it also needs a name

and people are puzzled by what to call it

taxi drivers are more puzzled still

when the customer asks

‘ging sankiu, via the new bridge, please.’

it was the same with casinos

once ‘dou cheung, casino’ meant the Lisboa, Pou Geng

but now you could point in any direction

with bridges even three is too many

now – whether it’s bridges or casinos

we have to remember the names

with only one or two of anything

people can keep their minds clear

but three is a big number to count to

and so finally, people remember

the second bridge

is called ‘yao yi, the friendship bridge’

but friendship with whom?

that’s even harder to remember

… but we can try

once there was a little country

in Europe

and there was a celestial kingdom

and a little ship set sail

… …

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黃勵瑩

三

以前只有一座橋

橋有名字

但人們只把它稱作橋

第二座橋建好了

橋也有名字

為了區別兩座橋

人們只把它們稱作新橋及舊橋

現在另一座橋又建好了

橋需要名字

人們為命名困惑起來

當乘客說

“經新橋，唔該”

的士司機更迷惑了

賭場的情況也是如似

從前“賭場”只指葡京

但現在你可指向任何一方

三座橋確實太多了

現在，無論是橋還是賭場

我們需要好好記著名字

只有一或二的時候

人們可保持頭腦清醒

但一到三，就較難計算了

最後，人們開始想起

第二座橋

稱為“友誼大橋”

但與誰建立友誼呢？

更難記起

… … 然而可以嘗試

從前歐洲一個小國

一個天朝帝國

一隻揚帆的小船

… …

Agnes Vong

why the dogs are all wearing jade rabbits this year

this is the year of dog

dogs are greatly respected

humans treat them as gods

feeding dogs what they eat

dogs do their best

guarding the crown and the emperor

barking at strangers who come too close

dogs do their best

keeping the building sites safe and

making sure construction goes smoothly

dogs are so selfless

when the palaces are finished next year

humans will no longer need the dogs

will they set them free or

simply eat them?

good Buddhists are meant

to be vegetarians

dogs are not far-seeing creatures

but they can sniff when something’s up

next year when the banquet starts

smart dogs know that

pigs will feature

黃勵瑩

何故今年狗總配戴著玉兔

今年是狗年

狗得到莫大的尊重

人們當牠們是神

把自己吃的也給狗吃

狗盡忠職守

保衛皇冠及皇帝

向走近的陌生人狂吠

狗竭盡忠誠

確保地盤安全

確保工程順利進行

狗是那麼無私

當皇宮明年落成

人們不需要狗了

會放走牠們？還是

吃掉牠們便算？

虔誠的佛教徒應是守齋的

狗雖眼光短淺

卻嗅到將會發生的事情

明年大排筵席的時候

聰明的狗應該曉得

豬應會擔正大旗