Nails --Chian-wu Chen (陈千武, 1922-2012), translated by Hao-yuan Lo My nails grow long Recently, they grow faster than before Look at them My nails had died for me several times Whenever I clip my nails It reminds me of death once again… —— Some clipped nails were put in an envelope And submitted to a personnel warrant officer In the battlefield, if you are blasted into pieces Thus unable to retrieve your corpse Those nails will be your bone ashes. At that time I was a lance-corporal in Imperial Japanese Army…… No matter I am happy or sad Nails always grow long. Long to an extent When I start to feel uncomfortable Then, they docilely, let me clip them off Nails are like something independent to my life Some living things Keep growing long and asking me to clip Whenever I clip them, those nails are Still alive, then, slowly Die for me --first published in Li (The Bamboo Hat) poetry magazine, Vol.132, April, 1986. Chian-wu Chen, The Selected Poems of Chian-wu Chen, Taipei: Gueiguan Publishing Company, 2001, pp.133-134. 指甲 --陈千武 (1922-2012) 指甲长了 最近　指甲长得特别快 看看指甲 我底指甲替我死过好几次 每次剪指甲 我就追忆一次死...... －－把剪下来的指甲装入信封 　　缴给人事官准尉 　　在战地　粉身碎骨 　　拾不到屍体 　　就当骨灰用　那个时候 　　我当着日本军兵长...... 不管我的意志是快乐或悲伤 不久　指甲总会长　长到 我感觉不舒服的时候 指甲很乖地　又让我剪 指甲好像是我底生命之外的 生物 长了就要我剪 每次剪下来的指甲 都活着　然後　慢慢地 替我死去 --发表於1986年4月《笠》诗刊132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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