嘎拉哈*

我们一遍遍翻动
羊拐骨的四个面
看似要把它们彻底认清

两个人类的孩子，欢快地
玩耍，我们并不在意
手中翻转的东西，是从某只小羊的
父亲或母亲的尸体中
取出的膝盖骨

游戏互有输赢——神
有时站在她那边，有时站在我这边

我们疼爱的那只小羊
它的父母在低头觅食
旷野上缓慢移动的白点
神似乎从未站在它们那边

*嘎拉哈，满语，指猪、羊、狍子等动物后腿中间接大腿骨的那块骨头。欻嘎拉哈，是一种流传在中国东北的妇女和儿童的传统游戏，因使用“嘎拉哈”作为道具而得名。这种游戏在清军入关时由满洲人带入而流行起来。


Galaha

We turned over and over again
The four sides of the kneecaps
As if trying to see them through

Playing happily
The two human children didn’t care
Whether the kneecaps in their hands
Were taken from the body
Of a lamb’s father or mother

The game had both wins and losses — God
Sometimes on her side, sometimes on mine

The parents of the lamb we loved
Were lowering their heads and eating
White dots moving slowly across the field
God never seemed to be on their side


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