《雪山隧道－致2001.05.11》Hsuehshan Tunnel

贯通坪林、头城的雪山隧道，工期长达15年。2001年5月11日凌晨突遇抽坍，开挖面上方涌出大量土石流，工地主任林子益疏散工人，所有人顺利脱困，林子益殉职。诗作探讨“快走”的双重意涵，当今的快速便利行走，建立在技师用生命守候的快走呼喊之中。音乐欲呈现此般拉扯、焦躁沉重之景，众声喧哗中失焦的无力感。

The construction project of Hsuehshan Tunnel that connects Pinglin and Toucheng took 15 years to complete. During construction, a ground collapse occurred at the construction site before dawn on May 11th in 2001. Site Director Zi-Yi Lin evacuated the construction workers. While all the other workers safely escaped from the site, Lin died in this accident. The poem explores the dual connotations of “Hurry,” implying that the convenient and rapid transportation nowadays is built upon the technician’s warning shouts and sacrifice of life. The music is unsettling and heavy, revealing the unfocused sense of helplessness in the hubbub at the site.

桥埋入山里，就是隧道。
A bridge buried in a mountain is a tunnel.

我们小心翼翼
钻洞不取火
缓缓地切割，如同处理一条
昨日牙痛的神经
Carefully, we
Drill the hole without creating sparks,
Slowly cutting in as if handling
A nerve that caused toothache yesterday.

我们窃取速度
与时间同伙
以蛀虫的毅力，一口一口
啃食幽暗深远的山脉，前方有蜜
We steal speed and
Conspire with time
As a determined tooth worm that, bite after bite,
Gnaws a way deep into the mountain for the honey ahead.

雪山，雪山
我沉默而黝黑的美人
四棱砂岩、六处断层
不过是她欲拒还迎的试探
Snow Mountain, O’ Snow Mountain,
My silent and black beauty.
The sandstone and the six faults in you are but
Refusal disguised in seduction.

终于，她用全身力气
将水吐尽
石壁之中，涌现银白的浪涛
她为我扬起
一整片灯光的海洋
Finally, with all her strength,
She squeezes out all the slurry and water.
Beyond the stone wall emerge silver-white waves,
With which she raises a sail bearing a sea of lights.

我仿佛看见你
数年之后
吞下另一口冷气孔前
徐徐凉去的咖啡
收听广播电台音乐，以打盹为节拍
像雪山里不断震动的
风中叶片
I seem to see you
Years later.
In front of an air-conditioner outlet,
You take another sip of the gradually cooling coffee,
Listen to radio music and doze off with the rhythm
Like leaves in Snow Mountain that quiver constantly
In the wind.

在漫长而接连不已的
灯之海中
你打著呵欠，忽略窗外隧道仍隐约回响的
我最后一句留言：
In the sea of lights that
Extends beyond the horizon,
You yawningly ignore my last words
That faintly resonate out of the window in the tunnel:

快走──，快走。
Hurry, hurry.