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Shen Haobo
EACH CAT WILL BECOME HUMAN

Each person who walks in the night like a cat,
arching their back towards the end of their days.
Each one whose hands are as soft as a cat’s paws inside.
Each person who’s eating their heart out.
Each one who doesn’t care if cats are black or white
as long as they catch mice.
Each one in love with the deep eyes of a cat.
Each person whose heart is torn by a cat’s claws.

After one hot summer night
they will all be enchanted
so they become cats.
Each human all over the earth
becomes a big cat, a small cat, an old cat,
a black cat, a grey cat, a white cat, a brown cat, a striped cat.
Everything tamed becomes cruel.
Every softness evolves into hate.

Every cat will become human.

5/11/13
Translated by MW in August 2023

所有的猫都将变成人

沈浩波

所有深夜走猫步的人
猫着腰俯冲向岁月终点的人
手掌像猫的脚垫一样温柔的人
醉心于撕咬的人
不管白猫黑猫抓到老鼠就是好猫的人
沉迷于猫的幽深目光的人
被猫的爪子挠伤内心的人

在一个燥热的夏日午后
都会被施加魔法
统统变成猫
地球上所有人全部变成猫
大猫、小猫、老猫
黑猫、灰猫、白猫、黄猫、花猫
所有的温顺都将变成残忍
所有的柔软都进化为仇恨

所有的猫都将变成人

2013/5/11

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