Schrödinger's Cat

By Cheng Lie

It's like an invisible boundary marker here
in the space something still alive
I saw the rim of the world.
The cat in the box
just like dices in dice cup,
after dealer puts them in, and shakes cup
The dices jingle and roll all the time,
sometimes rise and sometimes sink
duplicate or overlap each other.
Within the box, it's the demand,
opening the box, it's the decision.
The Cat, just inside the closed box
meanwhile outside the opened one
are both alive and dead.

2017/ translated by Chen Zihong

薛定谔的猫

程烈

仿佛一道无形的结界
在一息尚存的空间，
看到世界的边缘。
盒子里的猫
就像骰盅里的骰子，
投进去，摇动骰盅
咕噜咕噜一直转，
或升腾，或下沉
或重复，或叠加。
在盒子以内是诉求，
打开盒子是判决。
猫，在关闭的盒子里
与打开的盒子之外
同生共死。

2017年