Beyond the Slanted Eyes 超越倾斜的眼睛之上
星期四 十二月 20, 2007 10:28 am
你谱写了一首爱情诗
来表达对我们倾斜眼睛
的爱慕和崇敬,
来抗议André Boisclair
提到它们所带有的种族歧视和侮辱.
我们来自另一个种族,
黄皮肤,黑头发以及其他特性,
这些我们引以为傲,
并且坚信造物主给予它们的美丽.
但是在魁北克一个政党领袖的讲演中,
它们沦陷为”那些倾斜的眼睛”.
现在不管多少象你一样
敬重我们同样拥有独特的美和同等的权利的,
站出来大声疾呼和赞美
我们的眼睛多么美丽,多么优雅,
他的视野和演说留下的阴影
仍然挥之不去.
我们永远不会称呼自己
“倾斜的眼睛”,
也不会贬称你们或他们
为“大鼻子”.
我们相信每个人都拥有美丽的灵魂,
每个人都是独一无二的人.
超越倾斜的眼睛之上,
我们看到每个完整的一体,而不是某个特性;
我们热爱自己和别人,
坚信每个都是不可分割的人类.
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我的西方诗人朋友PAUL写了首爱情诗,抗议魁北克一个政党领袖的讲演中,提到亚裔后代为”那些倾斜的眼睛”,这种明显的种族歧视引起普遍华人的不满. PAUL发给我,让我给他建议.
我读了他的诗歌和这些事件由来,写了这首诗歌.来表达我的观点.
征得PAUL的同意,我将我们的邮件公开,希望更多人能了解这些潜在的问题. 其实我参加的西人活动,接触了各种西人, 对华人以及中国,他们各有不同的看法, 我想以后以英文小说方式写出.(LIFE ON THE EDGE) 谢谢关注． http://www.coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=34853
You wrote the poem about our slanted eyes
to admit your admiration and adoration,
to protest the way André Boisclair addressed them
with a racial insult.
We are from another ethnic group
with yellow skin, black hair and many other features
which we respect as beauty created by nature,
but in a speech presented by the Parti Québécois Leader,
they descended to the “slant eyes”.
Now no matter how many people like you
who respect us having unique beauty and equal rights,
speak up to praise
how much grace our eyes hold,
how beautiful they are,
still the shadows from his eyes and his speech
could not be cleared up.
We will never call ourselves
"the slant eyes",
nor call you or him
"the Big Nose".
We believe we all have beautiful souls
and each is an incomparable human.
We see every human as whole,
but not a part of body.
We love ourselves and others
as the undivided human.
note: My friend Paul wrote a love poem to protest Parti Québécois Leader André Boisclair insult Asia descents as "the Slanted Eyes".
Read his poem and the event about "the slanted eyes", I wrote this poem.
http://adultaddstrengths.com/2007/03/16/parti-quebecois-leader-andre-boisclair-refuses-to-apologize-for-slanted-eyes-asian-comments-racism-still-acceptable-in-quebec/