翻譯：潘洗塵·《殘忍的秋天》

殘忍的秋天

潘洗塵

從初秋到深秋

我發現把一個秋天整個地看完

是很殘忍的

就說窗前的這片稻田吧

露珠一天比一天少了

稻穗一天比一天黃了

當所有人都將為果實歡呼的時候

我卻從這飽滿的成熟中

看到了死亡

僅以其中的一棵稻穗為例

雖然每一粒果實還可以作為種子

在明年發芽

但今年的這棵稻穗

卻是以死亡為代價

才完成最後的成熟

也最終以成熟的方式

走向了死亡

你說秋天是走向成熟的季節

我說秋天是等待死亡的過程

殘忍的秋天

The Cruel Autumn

Pan Xichen

From early autumn to late autumn

I find it cruel

To have to sit through the whole autumn

Just say the rice fields are at the window

There are fewer and fewer dewdrops day after day

The rice ears are more and more yellow

As everyone cheers for the fruit

I have found death

From full maturity

Only take one rice ear as an example

Though each fruit can germinate

As a seed next year

The rice ear of this year

Never accomplishes its final maturity

Until it risks death

And eventually heads for death

In a mature way

You say autumn is a season for maturity

I say autumn is a process waiting for death

（Hai An & Cassandra Atherton 譯）