【轉貼】（詩）Death Row Inmate

https://newint.org/features/1996/08/05/poem

Death Row Inmate

I learned to run
And duck low, to hide
When the odds were
Against me.

I learned to sneak up
Behind my persecutors
And stab them in the back.
Get them before they get me.

I learned that all is fair
To him that has no conscience,
And that honesty and fair play
Do not go hand in hand.

Justice is not for all.

I learned to face the Executioner
With a happy heart.

It is a far, far better place
That i go to,
Than the place that i leave.

I learned fear.
I learned how it hurts
To love someone
Who does not love me.
But I never learned
The reason why.

Klrk Anderson
Weestwego, LA


（一樣的　謹遵廣欽老和尚所教　無過便是功　我不會因此認定我們在美國有辦法學佛　恩　不要說那我貼這幹嘛　有些人需要　那些人可能不是你）
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Death Row Inmate
划運到死亡的　（房屋等的）同居住者

I learned to run
And duck low, to hide
  低下頭 低地　　　 隱藏
When the odds were
　　　　　 賠率;成功的可能性
Against me.
反對;對抗;對…不利

I learned to sneak up
　　　　　　　 偷偷走上
Behind my persecutors
在…後面　 　迫害者
And stab them in the back.
　　 刺
Get them before they get me.
擊中　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 （在可能迫害我的人動手前　先刺死他）
I learned that all is fair
　　　　　　　　　　　　　公正的;合理的
To him that has no conscience,
　　　　　　　　　　　 良心;內疚
And that honesty and fair play
　　　　 誠實;正直;真誠　公平競爭
Do not go hand in hand.
　　　　　　攜手共進地
Justice is not for all.
公正
I learned to face the Executioner
　　　　　　　　　　　　　死刑執行人
With a happy heart.

It is a far, far better place
That i go to,
Than the place that i leave.

I learned fear.
I learned how it hurts
To love someone
Who does not love me.
But I never learned
The reason why.