许其正：脚印‧踩在沙滩上

那个下午，在那个沙滩上

我看见一个披散着长发的男人

用力地往沙滩上踩着脚

一次比一次用力

一次比一次用力……

“你在踩什么？”

我闹不清。

我疑惑地问：

“为什么不停地踩着脚？”

“我在踩脚印。”他说：

“我要把脚印留下来！”

他又用力地踩了一下脚

“没用啦！”我说：

“这是海边沙滩

浪潮马上会将脚印淹没掉

你再怎么踩

都留不下脚印的。”

“我才不信。”

他再次用力地踩下去：

“我一定要留下脚印来！”

浪潮又涌上来

把他的脚印淹没掉

待潮水退去

脚印已消失

他再次用力地踩了下去

时间分秒不停地过去

当天将黑

我欲归去：

“没用啦！回家吧！”

“不！我才不信！

我要更用力地踩！

我一定要留下脚印来！”

他再次提起脚

用力地踩下去……

The Footmarks in the Sandy Beach

　　　　Hsu ChiCheng

That afternoon, in the sea-beach

I saw a long-haired man

Trying his best

To mark his footmarks

In the sandy beach…

“What are you stepping?”

I felt puzzled

So I asked him that way

“What do you keep trampling?”

“I am marking my footmarks.”He said

“I want to have my footmarks left here.”

He trampled again as he said

“It’s no use.”I said to him

“This is sea-beach

Your footmarks will be drowned by the seatide

None of your footmarks will remain

When the sea tide comes.”

“I don’t think so.”

He tried to mark another footmark

“I must let my footmarks remain!”

The sea tide came

His footmarks were all drowned

When it ebbed

He continued to mark his footmarks

In the sandy beach

Time never stop its steps

When dusk fell

I would go home and said to him

“It’s no use. Let’s go home,my friend.”

“No. I won’t give up!

I will do it harder

I must let my footmarks remain!”

He said while he marked

another footmark in the sandy beach…@