〈我是詩人嗎〉蘇善作/蘇善翻譯
〈Am I a poet?〉Written/Translated by Suzanne Tsai
我是詩人嗎
他們吵著
我可不
我呢,只管寫著
我寫我喜歡的
他們搖頭
有啥好說
我試著溫和,那種不說的
賺錢好喔
寫詩也好啊,一行折磨
我是詩人麼
我覺得是那樣的
Am a poet?
They fight.
So I don’t.
Instead, I write.
I write what brings delight.
They give a nay.
What else to say.
I try to be kind, the speechless kind.
Make money is fine.
Make poetry is also fine, the burned-out line.
Am a poet?
Yes, I feel right.