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◎前世文/ 陈先发

要逃，就干脆逃到蝴蝶的体内去

不必再咬着牙，打翻父母的阴谋和药汁
不必等到血都吐尽了。
要为敌，就干脆与整个人类为敌。
他哗地一下就脱掉了蘸墨的青袍
脱掉了一层皮
脱掉了内心朝飞暮倦的长亭短亭。
脱掉了云和水
这情节确实令人震悚：他如此轻易地
又脱掉了自已的骨头！
我无限眷恋的最后一幕是：他们纵身一跃
在枝头等了亿年的蝴蝶浑身一颤
暗叫道：来了！
这一夜明月低于屋檐
碧溪潮生两岸

只有一句尚未忘记

她忍住百感交集的泪水
把左翅朝下压了压，往前一伸
说：梁兄，请了
请了――

◎My Previous Life by Chen Xianfa tr. Lush Greenness

Try to run away, and flee straight into the body of a butterfly.

Don't clench your teeth, knock over your parental wishful plots
and herbal decoctions.
Don't need to spit blood to the very last drop.
Be hostile, and just turn antagonistic to the human race.
He slipped off his ink-smeared blue gown in a flash,
Torn off a layer of skin
Got rid of the roadside pavilions he yearned for at dawn and dusk.
And felt short of clouds and water.
The scene was really astonishing: So easily he
Laid off his skeleton!
The final act was attached to my heart: They jumped with a leap
And the butterfly, waiting in the foliage myriads of years, gave
a shudder from head to foot,

Uttering in a hidden voice: He is coming over!
On this very night the bright moon hung lower than the house eaves

And tidal waters rose to the banks of the green rivulet.

Only one polite remark did not slip yet from her memory.
With a whirlpool of mixed emotions she held back her teardrops,
Leaned a little to her left wing, and bent forward
Saying: Elder brother Liang, please
Please--