《罗马斗兽场》

和平岛

我冲起锋来比冲锋枪还疯

一弯腰，就冲过了君士坦丁拱门

一个罗马斗兽场的游客

一不小心，冲破时障

却被一支长矛

迎面击中

与背后的大理石圆柱

与恐龙一个年纪的纹理

一起断成了无数截

谁要做那个该死的斯巴达克斯

古罗马帝国的超级强大

就这样在你的眼前

轰然倒塌

来罗马玩的人都知道

我的心断成两截

一截安放在梵蒂冈大理石匣子里

剩余的

用来垒墙、砌砖、补石、搅拌混凝土

毋庸怀疑，我说的每一个字、每一截断音

均出自圣经

The Colosseum

By He Ping Dao (Peace Island)

I charge with a madness more frantic than a submachine gun.

With a single crouch, I bolt through the Arch of Constantine.

A mere tourist at the Roman Colosseum,

Carelessly, I crash through the time barrier,

Only to be struck head-on

By a spear.

Together with the marble columns behind me—

And their textures, as ancient as the dinosaurs—

I shatter into countless fragments.

Who would like to be that damned Spartacus?

The superpower of the ancient Roman Empire

Collapses with a roar

Right in front of your eyes.

Anyone who comes to Rome to play knows:

My heart has snapped into two.

One half is enshrined in a Vatican marble casket;

The rest

Is used to pile walls, lay bricks, mend stone, and mix concrete.

Have no doubt: every word I speak, every staccato of these breaks,

Comes straight from the Bible.