Nails --Chian-wu Chen (陳千武, 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 --陳千武 (1922-2012) 指甲長了 最近　指甲長得特別快 看看指甲 我底指甲替我死過好幾次 每次剪指甲 我就追憶一次死...... －－把剪下來的指甲裝入信封 　　繳給人事官准尉 　　在戰地　粉身碎骨 　　拾不到屍體 　　就當骨灰用　那個時候 　　我當著日本軍兵長...... 不管我的意志是快樂或悲傷 不久　指甲總會長　長到 我感覺不舒服的時候 指甲很乖地　又讓我剪 指甲好像是我底生命之外的 生物 長了就要我剪 每次剪下來的指甲 都活著　然後　慢慢地 替我死去 --發表於1986年4月《笠》詩刊132期 陳千武，《陳千武精選詩集》，（台北：桂冠，2001），頁111-112。 -- http://blog.roodo.com/kamadevas --

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