Homing Pigeon --Chian-wu Chen (陈千武, 1922-2012), translated by Hao-yuan Lo Buried in Southeast Asia My death, I forgot to bring it back Down there, islands were covered by thriving coconut trees There were sinuous coast lines, and Canoes oared by native people in the sea… I outwitted those native people and lulled their suspicions Passed through rows of coconut trees Deep into the verdant jungles And finally hid my death in a corner of the thick forest Since then During the furious Second World War I lived leisurely Even though I was assigned as a heavy machine gunner Fought the war from one island to another Showered by enemy fighter’s 15 millimeter caliber bullets Being the target of enemy shooting And heard the rumbling march of strong enemies I was still not dead Because my death had been concealed in a corner of the thick forest Until the unjust warlords yielded And I came back to my fatherland It occurred to me that My death, I forgot to bring it back What I buried in a Southeast Asian island, my only death I guess one day It will, like a homing pigeon Fly back to me, with some messages from the south --first published in Shin Shian (New Image) magazine, Vol.5, July 25, 1964. Chian-wu Chen, The Selected Poems of Chian-wu Chen, Taipei: Gueiguan Publishing Company, 2001, pp.111-112. 信鸽 --陈千武 (1922-2012) 埋设在南洋 我底死，我忘记带回来 那里有椰子树繁密的岛屿 蜿蜒的海滨，以及 海上，土人操橹的独木舟…… 我瞒过土人的怀疑 穿过并列的椰子树 深入苍郁的密林 终於把我底死隐藏在密林的一隅 於是 在第二次激烈的世界大战中 我悠然地活着 虽然我任过重机枪手 从这个岛屿转战到那个岛屿 沐浴过敌机十五厘的散弹 担当过敌军射击的目标 听过强敌动态的声势 但我仍未曾死去 因为我底死早先隐藏在密林的一隅 一直到不义的军阀投降 我回到了，祖国 我才想起 我底死，我忘记带了回来 埋设在南洋岛屿的那唯一的我底死 我想总有一天 一定会像信鸽那样， 带回一些南方的消息飞来── --发表於1964年7月 25日《新象》第5期 陈千武，《陈千武精选诗集》，（台北：桂冠，2001），页111-112。 -- http://blog.roodo.com/kamadevas --

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