高速公路
南子
我们藏两袖的清风
迎扑面而来的啸涛
响在耳螺的隧道
树木，青青的墙
皆列队崩溃
轮子是永不疲惫的怪兽
驱金属的躯壳
朝向吞噬不尽的道路
囫囵着
咆哮着
呼啸着
狠狠辗过
我们的双手
紧紧掌握着命运的驾驶盘
我们所要抛扬的
不仅仅是眼前的气象
唯有未知的谜题
才能引起探索的兴趣
迫击而来的风景
寸寸填满眼眸
节节击打我们
金属骨骼的妖物
擎灯光的巨螯
推开浓雾的阻挡
只要饮饱足够的油液
所有的距离
皆俯首弯腰
扯起白旗
作于1981年2月20日
收入南子诗集《生物钟》，1994年
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The English translation of this poem was first published in the programme notes of A Melody named Memory, an event on October 7, 2017 as part of The Arts House’s Poetry with Music series.
Expressway
Nan Zi (Lee Guan Poon)
the wind through our sleeves
greeted by the sound like roaring waves
sounds ringing in the ear canal
the trees, a wall of green
seen from speeding cars
looking like they will soon collapse
the wheels are an untiring monster
the body of metal
devouring endless miles of road
complete
roaring
whistling
relentlessly running on
our hands
tightly hold Fate’s steering wheel
what we want to throw out
is not just today’s weather
only an unknown puzzle
can spark our interest in exploration
the fast-moving scenery
fills our eyes
it hits us rhythmically
the monster’s metal bones
the lights like giant pincers
pushing the fog to a halt
drinking enough oil
all that distance
all bowed down
waving the white flag
20 February 1981
from Nan Zi’s Biological Clock, 1994
incorporated into secondary school Chinese textbooks in the 1970s