Facing the Gloom

應

用不著推窗而起 向冷冷的黑 拋出我長長的嘶喊

熄去室內的燈 應之以方方的黯

— 選自商禽《商禽詩全集》

我在國立台灣大學的《創意翻譯工作坊：臺灣當代詩歌之英譯》課程中開始翻譯詩的旅程。我的老師喬直（George O’Connell ）和史春波（Diana Shi）同時也有自己的journal ，若有興趣看老師們或是工作坊中的其他作品，歡迎參觀。

這篇作品因為後續沒有在課堂選入討論，在徵得老師同意之後，我自行編輯潤稿，並發佈到個人部落格上。

Facing the gloom

No need to open window let out a long roar to the darkness’ cold

I face the gloom with unlighted cube room

— translated from Shang Qin (商禽) ’s poetry anthology

Is he out of desperation ? Or is he being sort of passive aggressive? I have no idea. You tell me!

I worked on the translation last year when I was working with creative writing poetry translation workshop in NTU; the workshop was led by editors George O’Connell and Diana Shi. This piece was not further discussed and rendered by the workshop at the time, so I refined and published it here under my own name.

For works that are collectively discussed, rendered and published, you’re welcome to have a look at the journal .