赤足的靈魂

　　This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-four titles published for 2017 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2017 is “Ancient Enmity”. IPNHK is one of the most influential international poetry events in Asia. From 22–26 November 2017, over 20 invited poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme “Ancient Enmity.” Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats.

作者簡介

馬蘭‧阿勒瑪斯麗Maram al-Masri

　　曾於在大馬士革修讀英國文學，1982年移居巴黎，現專事寫作和翻譯。她的詩作廣泛發表於文學雜誌、阿拉伯文詩選以及國際詩選，譯成八種語言在多國傳播。曾獲黎巴嫩文化論壇頒發Adonis獎（1998）、Città di Calopezzati詩歌獎（地中海類）、法國文學家協會 Prix d’Automne 獎（2007）。

　　(Syria 敘利亞)

　　Maram al-Masri moved to Paris in 1982 after studying English literature at Damascus. At present she dedicates herself exclusively to literature and translation. Besides numerous poems published in literary journals, in several Arab anthologies and in various international anthologies, she has published several collections of poems. Thus far her work has been translated into eight languages. Received awards include “Adonis Prize” of the Lebanese Cultural Forum for the best creative work in Arabic in 1998, “Premio Città di Calopezzati” for the section “Poésie de la Méditerranée”, “Prix d’Automne 2007” of the Société des gens de lettres.
 

凱特琳
 
母親：珍妮特
父親：讓‧克勞德
年齡：48
職業：家庭主婦
 
金髮碧眼的凱特琳
或許因為她滿滿的柔情和渴求
會讓人以為她是輕浮的女子。
可她不過是個
極盡溫柔的女人，
深愛她的孩子，
每天清晨整理自己的家。
 
被剝奪了愛
被拋棄，
她唯有從路人
和公車司機的眼裹搜尋愛，
向人行橫道索求一個微笑，
在每一個路口
期待
某個奇跡。
 
CATHERINE
 
Mother: Jeanette
Father: Jean-Claude
Age: 48
Occupation: Housewife
 
Perhaps
because she is so feminine,
so full of desires,
Catherine the Blonde
gives the impression
that she is frivolous.
But she is only a woman
filled with tenderness,
who loves her children
and tidies her house every morning.
 
Deprived of love
she searches for it in the eyes of passers by,
in the eyes of the bus driver.
She begs
a smile from the pavement,
at every crossroad
expects
a miracle.