RELUCTANT TO WAKE UP 捨不得醒來


	Winter 2007

CONTENTS

	AUNT ICE, AUNT SNOW— in memory of two beauties in the Water family 冰姑，雪姨—— 懷念水家的兩位美人 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	SEASIDE WASTELAND 海濱荒地 BY CHEN I-chih 陳義芝 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	DESOLATION 悲涼 BY Hsiao Hsiao 蕭蕭 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	FORTUNE AJAR 緣無緣 BY Hsiao Hsiao 蕭蕭 Translated by Zona Yi-Ping TSOU 鄒怡平

	SOUND CHANGE IN TAIPEI 音變台北 BY Chen Tien 陳填 Translated by Shou-Fang HU-MOORE 胡守芳

	RELUCTANT TO WAKE UP 捨不得醒來 BY Chen Tien 陳填 Translated by Shou-Fang HU-MOORE 胡守芳

	TURTLE PEOPLE 烏龜族 By WU Chin-fa 吳錦發 Translated by Mark I. HAMMONS 何邁

	BUTTERFLY PSYCHIC 有請蝶仙 By Ah Sheng 阿盛 Translated by Darryl STERK 石岱崙

	THE PARTY GIRL 酒會的女人 By LIN Tai Man 林黛嫚 Translated by David van der Peet 范德培

	NATIVIST CHARM IN THE COLOR-INK PAINTINGS OF CHUANG PO-HSIEN 莊伯顯的台灣鄉土彩墨畫 By Carlos G. TEE 鄭永康

	NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧

	NEW BOOKS BY OUR MEMBERS 會員新書

	NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS 作者與譯者簡介

	APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄：中文原著

	GODDESS MATSU ON PROCESSION 台灣媽祖出巡, gouache on silk,72 × 90 cm, 1985 ...............COVER

	MATERNAL LOVE 母愛, gouache on silk,72 × 53 cm, 1984.....BACK COVER By CHEN Chin 陳進

Chen Tien 陳填

RELUCTANT TO WAKE UP
捨不得醒來*

Translated by Shou-Fang HU-MOORE 胡守芳

Fireworks are shorter lived than an orchid cactus bloom
No matter where they are set off.
The story of the Island continues with a four hundred-yearold
nightmare.

Strolling down the open sidewalk
I lower my guard
Aware of my easy footsteps
Not having to worry about being hit.
At the end of my stroll
I was reluctant to wake up.

*	From Li shih-kang 《笠詩刊》 (Li Poetry Magazine), vol. 253, June, 2006.