一首荒诞、充满文化底蕴、又意味深长的小诗

Tonight at noon

Supermarkets will advertise 3p extra on everything

Tonight at noon

Children from happy families will be sent to live in a home

Elephants will tell each other human jokes

America will declare peace on Russia

World War I generals will sell poppies on the street on November 11th

The first daffodils of autumn will appear

When the leaves fall upwards to the trees

今天正午的晚上

超市都将促銷——每件商品涨价三元

今天正午的晚上

家庭美满的孩子们将被送进孤儿院

大笨象们拿人类当笑料

美国将与苏联握手言和

秦王也将舍命刺靳柯

而当落叶掉到树梢时

水仙将在秋天绽放

Tonight at noon

Pigeons will hunt cats through city backyards

Hitler will tell us to fight on the beaches and on the landing fields

A tunnel full of water will be built under Liverpool

Pigs will be sighted flying in formation over Woolton

And Nelson will not only get his eye back but his arm as well

White Americans will demonstrate for equal rights In front of the Black house

今天正午的晚上

老鼠将在后院捉猫咪

希特勒将指挥英国人在沙滩上战斗

香港将会填路造海

猪将排着队飞过屯门的天空

杨过的右臂失而复得

白人将在黑宫游行，争取自由平等

Girls in bikinis are moonbathing

Folksongs are being sung by real folk

Art galleries are closed to people over 21

Poets get their poems in the Top 20

There’s jobs for everybody and nobody wants them

In back alleys

everywhere teenage lovers are kissing in broad daylight

In forgotten graveyards everywhere the dead will quietly bury the living

and You will tell me you love me

Tonight at noon

比基尼女郎嗮着月光浴

涂鸦者在墙上写满乌鸦

高雅音乐厅禁止成年人进入

诗集登上了畅销书榜

政客们争相竞选疯人院床位

工作唾手可得，但却无人问津

大街小巷里

年少的恋人们在光天化日下拥吻

被人遗忘的墓园中，逝者将默默地把生者埋葬

只有这样

你才会说你爱我

在今天正午的晚上