《瓦萨号》

作者：和平岛

我惊叹于十七世纪

最庞大、装备最精良、装饰最华丽的一艘战舰

被波罗的海的咸水和低氧环境保存

一同保存下来

皮鞋、勺子

一副叫“贝比”的水手的骨架

一位绰号“格特鲁德”的女性

只赖一阵强风

将海水吹进下层炮口

呛死了瑞典的实力和雄心

比泰坦尼克号更早，更惨

的悲剧

照原样

活下去

它的呼吸

封存在沥青的胶囊里

我的笔尖

并非输氧管

沉默才是最大的悲悯吗

我写不出无言的诗

方块汉字

有吐不出的棱角

The Vasa

By He Ping Dao (和平岛)

I marvel at the seventeenth century—

The grandest, most formidable, most ornate warship of its time,

Preserved by the brackish, low-oxygen depths of the Baltic Sea.

Saved alongside it:

Leather shoes, spoons,

The skeletal remains of a sailor named "Bebe,"

And a woman nicknamed "Gertrude."

It took only a sudden gust

To drive the brine into the lower gun ports,

Choking the strength and ambition of Sweden.

A tragedy

Older and more bitter than the Titanic,

Continues to live

Exactly as it was.

Its breath

Sealed within a capsule of pitch.

My pen’s tip

Is no oxygen tube.

Is silence the greatest mercy?

I cannot write a wordless poem.

These square Chinese characters

Have jagged edges, unable to exhale.