中国异见人士刘晓波因去年获得诺贝尔和平奖而备受国际社会关注,寄自狱中的诗“我是你的终身囚徒—给霞妹”被译成英文于11月12日在英国《观察家》杂志上发表。这首诗倾诉了刘晓波对妻子的爱情,也表达了对自由的渴望。
美国哈佛大学出版社预定2012年1月推出一本有关刘晓波的新书,书中搜集了刘晓波过去的文章及诗词,并由出版社首次翻译成英文出版。惟因刘晓波仍在监狱中,该书出版时将无采访、签名会等活动。
刘晓波的这首诗“我是你的终身囚徒—给霞妹”是一个节译。一些诗行已被略去,不过诗歌大意还是被保留了下来。诗歌题目中的“霞妹”是刘晓波的妻子、诗人刘霞。
刘晓波既是政治异见人士,也是学者。他的书在中国始终被禁。其名字也在互联网上被严格屏蔽。刘晓波的这首“我是你的终身囚徒—给霞妹”诗通俗易懂,含有现代派诗歌的意味。从诗中“我是你的终身囚徒象不愿出生的婴儿依恋温暖的子宫”的诉说,可以看出诗人对自由和爱的渴望。
刘晓波2009年12月被判处11年监禁。中国政府对他的指控罪名是,其推动中国民主化的努力以及由他参与发起和起草的呼吁中国实施政治改革的《零八宪章》是“犯法行为”。挪威诺贝尔和平奖评奖委员会2010年10月8日宣布,正在中国被关押的中国人权人士刘晓波成为本年度诺贝尔和平奖得主,以表彰他多年来为捍卫人权和民主进行的非暴力方式的斗争。
“你的终身囚徒”原文:
To Xia
My dear,
I'll never give up the struggle for freedom from the oppressors'
jail, but I'll be your willing prisoner for life.
I'm your lifelong prisoner, my love
I want to live in your dark insides
surviving on the dregs in your blood
inspired by the flow of your estrogen
I hear your constant heartbeat
drop by drop, like melted snow from a mountain stream
if I were a stubborn, million-year rock
you'd bore right through me
drop by drop
day and night
Inside you
I grope in the dark
and use the wine you've drunk
to write poems looking for you
I plead like a deaf man begging for sound
Let the dance of love intoxicate your bodyI always feel
your lungs rise and fall when you smoke
in an amazing rhythm
you exhale my toxins
I inhale fresh air to nourish my soul
I'm your lifelong prisoner, my love
like a baby loath to be born
clinging to your warm uterus
you provide all my oxygen
all my serenity
A baby prisoner
in the depths of your being
unafraid of alcohol and nicotine
the poisons of your loneliness
I need your poisons
need them too much
Maybe as your prisoner
I'll never see the light of day
ut I believe
darkness is my destiny
inside you
all is well
The glitter of the outside world
scares me
exhausts me
I focus on
your darkness –
simple and impenetrable
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