冯冬，1979年生于重庆，南京大学英文系博士毕业，现任教于暨南大学，译过游记《中华帝国纪行》、《亲密接触中国》、小说《蛛网与磐石》等，在海内外诗刊发表作品，与人合著诗集《残酷的乌鸦》（2011），主要研究诗歌、精神分析和当代哲学。

Peter Feng was born in Chongqing, China, in 1979. He has received a Ph.D degree in literature from Nanjing University and currently teaches English at Jinan University. He has co-translated A Journey through the Chinese Empire, Intimate China, and The Web and the Rock, and co-written a book of poems Cruel Raven (2011). His study includes poetry, psychoanalysis, and contemporary philosophy.

早上十点

Ten O’clock in the Morning

一小片蓝，被铁丝网分割成更小的蓝
分割又分割，一小片蓝无法被消灭

它是更大的蓝的一部分，因为窗的视线
它被当作一个人可以依靠的全部

走出这门将看到大片的蓝，全部的蓝
但一个人无法承受全部的蓝

一小片蓝躺在花篮里，一只手穿过大街
把它放在我门口，一只蓝色的手
			

A small patch of blue, divided into smaller patches by barbed wires
Division upon division, a small patch of blue can’t be destroyed
 
It is part of the larger blue, because of the view one pane gives
It is treated as all that one may count on
 
Walk out of this door, and you will see an expanse of blue, all of it
But one cannot receive all that blue
 
A small strip of blue lies under a basket of flowers, a hand
Crosses the street laying it near my door, a blue hand
			

刻意

Engraving Meaning

我在一棵树上刻下意义
树生长，意义随之生长

我把刻刀扔在树林
回头做其他的事，忘了树

我住城市，很少去树林
刻下意义后生活轻松了

我四处旅行，忘了意义
它在一个安全的地方

经过树林的人说，有一棵树
光滑得一片叶子也没有
			

I engraved meaning on a tree
The tree grew, and meaning grew too 
 
Throwing the knife in the forest
I was busy about something else and forgot the tree
 
I headed to the city, scarcely ever going to the woods
Life became easier after I had engraved meaning
 
Traveling around I somehow forgot meaning too
It was left in a safe place
 
Those who passed the forest said, there was a tree
So smooth, without a single leaf