The Doors

By Cheng Lie

          for The Doors- an American rock band

After a door opened, still a door as well
the blade at night rushed in, and inserted into window lattice,
suddenly languished, the world with its other side-
the broad plains of confusion at the western border
Destiny is attributed to the dirt, doors and alchemist
and a burning key -Axu Grassland- appearing in
light and shadow
A mystical ritual unique destroying the flesh with symbols
buried in quicksand more blazing than the sky
- Scripture, Ode to Birds, tired dust
and a religious illusion of a leopard cat.
With words and colors
each graffitied door is accompanied by an exact scale,
more son more blessed, time mother stands unadorned.
The Doors looks for eternal taste in its projection
follows the ups and downs of everything.
For the end of a past moment
it doesn't own present, nor future.

2001/ translated by Chen Zihong

门

程烈

          ——为大门乐队

打开一扇门，看见的还是门
刀锋穿过大门插进夜晚的窗棂，
世界忽然萎靡不振。它的另一面
在西部边界迷乱的辽原
宿命归结于泥土，大门，炼金术士
光影里浮现一把燃烧的钥匙
——阿须
一种符号摧毁肉体唯有的神秘仪式
掩埋在比天空更炽烈的流沙之中
——经文，飞鸟之颂，疲倦的尘土
以及一头豹猫的宗教错觉。
在色彩与词汇的涂鸦里
每一扇大门都有一个精确的刻度，
朴实无华的时间之母果实累累。
这门在投影里寻找永恒的滋味
它随万物一同上升或下降，
一个过去时刻的结局
没有现在，亦没有将来。

2001年