Its primitive location attracts the city-dwellers
Its modern reputation attracts tourists from afar
No antiquely simple structure, not a contemporary spectacle
Its tender white and slender shape contrast abrupt against the dark green mountain
Its ground is encircled by a stream that also serves as a drain nurturing no fish
People hurry into the bell-like inside, adjusting their vision in the dark
The center is an iron column holding a winding stair
Some walk out on every layer, only to find the views have not much difference
Some climb at one breath to the top, non-stop, like a fish through fins and tails
Forgetting itself until they reach the air hanging from the spire
Roads are ejaculated from the root through the woods into the edgeless distance
People hold up their heads and look into the horizon, lost in the encroaching mist
The nine-storied pagoda stands alone in long solitude and turbulences
A sculpture of nobody is remembered as a pagoda with a name and a shape
Oct 25, 1997
Linggu (Spirit Valley) Pagoda in Nanjing, China
郊外的塔
这原始的座落吸引闲暇的人 这不原始的名声吸引远方的来客
这造型不算古朴 风景不算现代
柔嫩的白色 瘦削的身影 突兀于墨绿的山峦
近看一席空地被小溪环抱
那小溪还是一条排水沟 没有鱼
有人匆匆走进塔身 在那一钵幽暗中调整视差 辨别着方向
塔的中心 一级级石阶依偎着一根颀长的石柱 螺旋上升
有人走上每一层塔肩了望 闹哄哄的结论总是相同
有人扶着那石柱作不间歇的旋转 不作停留 象一尾鱼穿过上上下下的人
忘了自己 直到塔尖 看塔根射出的路 穿过树林没入远处
目光从俯瞰到眺望 也消失一片迷茫中
喘息稍定 才知道登塔的全部似乎就是不停的游弋
郊外的塔在喧嚣与沉寂中伫立这么久了
这尊雕像像所有的塔一样被人记得一个名字一个形状
原作于1997年10月25日
Linggu Pagoda (Spirit Valley Pagoda) in Snow, Nanjing, China
This was originally inspired by the nine-storied pagoda on the eastern suburb of Nanjing, China. The pagoda was built in 1931 to commemorate the KIAs in the Northern Expedition of Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomingtang) by Republic of China (by Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek).
这首诗中所写的塔原是南京市东郊的灵谷塔。此塔原本是中国国民党（孙中山和蒋介石领导）为了纪念第一次北伐(1026-28)战争阵亡烈士而于1931年建的。
Winding Stairs of Linggu (Spirit Valley) Pagoda in Nanjing, China昨天因为一个朋友发来一张拍在灵谷塔上的照片而想起来自己写过两首有关该塔的诗。从网上找到几张照片。
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