Life is too complicated
Life is complicated and it is difficult to put it simply.
“I who am poisoned with the blood of both,
Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?
I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”— Derek Walcott. A Far Cry from Africa, 2007.
人生複雜
人生複雜，難以簡而言之。
我，染了他們雙方的血毒，
分裂到血管的我，該向著哪一邊？
我詛咒過
大英政權喝醉的軍官，我該如何
在非洲和我所愛的英語之間抉擇？
是背叛這二者，還是把二者給我的奉還？
我怎能面對屠殺而冷靜？
我怎能背向非洲而生活？— 德里克·沃爾科特。來自非洲的遙遠呼聲，2007 。