“没有我不肯坐的火车,也不管它往哪儿开”初见于刘绪源先生回忆诗人曾卓的一篇文章《常常听见火车的回响——重读曾卓〈听笛人手记〉》,一见钟情。
《没有我不肯坐的火车》是曾卓的一首诗。再追溯,来自美国诗人米莱的诗歌“Travel”。附上两首原作如下:
没有我不肯坐的火车
曾卓
在病中多少次梦想着
坐着火车去作长途旅行
一如少年时喜爱的那句诗:
“没有我不肯坐的火车
也不管它往哪儿开”
也不管它往哪儿开
到我去过的地方
去寻找温暖和记忆
到我没有去过的地方
去寻找惊异智慧和梦想
也不管它往哪儿开
当我少年的时候
就将汽笛长鸣当做亲切的呼唤
飞驰的列车
永远带给我激励和渴望
此刻在病床上
口中常常念着
“没有我不肯坐的火车”
耳中飞轮在轰响
脸上满是热泪
起伏的心潮应合着列车的震荡
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Travel
Edna St. Vincent Millay
The railroad track is miles away,
And the day is loud with voices speaking,
Yet there isn't a train goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking.
All night there isn't a train goes by,
Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming,
But I see its cinders red on the sky,
And hear its engine steaming.
My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing;
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.
2019.2.8,@青连高铁。