第1546期:2+5 = ?

小诗二首(英文翻译仅供参考,just for fun.)


(一)

旋转门


大楼入口的旋转门

很老很旧很慢很懒很重

轻推推不动

稍一用力

就转得像飞轮

In the lobby there is a revolving door

Very old, broken, lazy, heavy, and squeaky

A slight push won’t move it

Shove harder

and it will spin like crazy


经常有人从门外被扔进门里

或从大堂被扔到楼外

吞吐一个人

门要自转三十圈

根本停不下来

那门

太老太旧太慢太懒太重

People often get thrown in

or out through the door

To process every person

The door will revolve 30 times

It can’t and won’t stop

The door is

Too old, lazy, heavy, squeaky, and broken.


进出的人都无语

旋转门很得意

每天转个不停

从东转到西

从西转到东

以为自己是地球

No one can do anything about it

The door keeps revolving

East to west

and reverses

Believing it’s doing what the earth is doing.

* * *


(二)


2+5=?


一眨眼的工夫

院子里就架起了摄像头

一转身的工夫

楼门口就拉起了警戒带

一根烟的工夫

楼下就放了一个人

自带干粮铺盖卷

农夫山泉充电宝

这次真的派了个农夫

来看着我们


One blink later

A CCTV is mounted in the courtyard

Before one turns around

A cordon tape has encircled our building

Before you finish a cigarette

A man is positioned downstairs

He has brought food and blanket

Bottles of water and a cellphone charger

This time they have sent a farmer

To monitor us


夜里他就睡在一楼过道里

第二天中午还直挺挺躺在地上

我几次想报警

怕他昨晚睡死了过去

他的被子有点薄

这个我不在意

主要是有点脏

把楼道睡得很像停尸房


He sleeps in the doorway at night

Until lunchtime the next day

I almost call the police

for fear he had slept to death

His blanket is thin

That I don’t give a shit

But it’s very dirty

He has turned our doorway into a mortuary


午饭过后

他终于醒了

但并不起身

躺在地上的铺盖卷里

玩手机

After lunch

He wakes from his long dream

But refuses to get up

Hiding under the warm blanket

playing cellphone


我问他哪里人

他说五湖四海皆兄弟

我又问他怎么吃饭怎么排泄

他说有志者事竟成

我再问他看我们一天他们给你多少钱

他说让世界充满爱

我继续问他如果我们有人冲出去了怎么办

他说抖音越来越不好看

我最后问他2加5等于几

他斜了我一眼 说

哥 我也知道这是扯鸡巴蛋

但我真没接到龟孙们的通知

我说 哦

你荷兰的 –

他的方言回答了我问他的第一个问题


I ask him where he is from

He says all men are brothers

I ask him how he deals with daily food, shit, and piss

He says nothing can stop a determined soul

I ask him how much they pay him to watch us

He says all we need is love

I ask him what if someone breaks out of the confinement

He says he doesn’t like the domestic version of Tiktok

At last I ask him

How much is 2 plus 5?

He looks askance at me and says

Hey bro, I know it’s fucking bull shit

But I haven’t got any notice from

The sons of bitches

So, I exclaim,

You are from Amsterdam –

His choice of words answers my first question for him.