我們來這裡朗誦詩歌
我們，從世界各地來的詩人
我們盡情地朗誦
以各種不同的語言
以各種不同的詩體

其實我們這只是參贊而已
更偉大的詩人早在這裡朗誦過了
而且從沒間斷過
他們是流水、風、樹木、鳥雀……
只是因我們加入而更加熱鬧罷了

我們盡情地朗誦
我們熱烈地朗誦
把詩的聲音撒佈開去
讓世界充滿詩歌
讓世界充滿和平

以各種不同的語言
以各種不同的詩體
朗誦著，朗誦著
當然，除了我們還有
那些流水、風、樹木、鳥雀……

當我們朗誦告一段落離去
距離再遠，我還是能聽到朗誦聲不斷
不是在記憶裡的我們的朗誦聲
是永遠在那裡朗誦的詩人的朗誦聲
——那些流水、風、樹木、鳥雀……

註：1998年8月24日下午，參加第16屆世界詩人大會的各國詩人，移往前橋文學館（荻原朔太郎紀念館）前廣場小溪鋪蓋上作詩歌朗誦，各國詩人以各種詩體和本國語言朗誦，極為熱烈。作者也以國、台語各朗誦「山不講話」一詩。結束後，本詩一直在作者心中醞釀，至今十年，始告完成。

Outdoor Poetry Declaiming Hsu ChiCheng

We come here to declaim poetry
We are poets from all corners of the world
We declaim poetry with abandon
In various languages
In various styles of poetry

Actually we just participate in the declamation
Since greater poets have declaimed earlier than us
And their declamation has never been interrupted
The declaimers are running water, blowing wind, waving trees, and dancing birds …
Only our participation adds to its animation

We declaim with abandon
We declaim enthusiastically
To spread the voice of poetry
To fill the world with poetry
To fill the world with peace

In various languages
In various styles of poetry
Declaiming, declaiming
Of course, except for us
Those running water, blowing wind, waving trees, and dancing birds …

When we leave here after declaiming
In spite of the distance, I can still hear the voice of declaiming
Instead of our declaiming in memory
But the declaiming by poets who remain there forever
— Those running water, blowing wind, waving trees, and dancing birds …

Remark: on August 24, 1998, poets participating the 16th World Congress of Poets went to the square in front of the Maebashi Literature Center to declaim poetry. Poets from various countries declaimed in various languages and in various styles of poetry, an animated scene. I myself also declaimed a piece entitled The Mountain Does’nt Speak. And after ten years, I finally compose this poem to commemorate the occasion.

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