布拖*女郎

就是从她那古铜般的脸上
我第一次发现了那片土地的颜色
我第一次发现了太阳鹅黄色的眼泪
我第一次发现了那季风留下的齿痕
我第一次发现了幽谷永恒的沉默

就是从她那谜一样动人的眼里
我第一次听到了高原隐隐的雷声
我第一次听见了黄昏轻推着木门
我第一次听见了火塘甜蜜的叹息
我第一次听见了头巾下如水的吻

就是从她那安然平静的额前
我第一次看见了远方风暴的缠绵
我第一次看见了岩石盛开着花朵
我第一次看见了梦着情人的月光
我第一次看见了四月怀孕的河流

就是从她那倩影消失的地方
我第一次感到了悲哀和孤独
但我永远不会忘记那一天
在大凉山一个多雨的早晨
一个孩子的初恋被带到了远方
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* 布拖是大凉山腹心地带一地名，那里居住的彝人属于阿都，又称小裤脚。

A Girl in Butuo*
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It is just from her bronze-like face
that for the first time I have found the color of this land
for the first time I have found the sun’s golden teardrops
for the first time I have found the marks left by the monsoon’s teeth
for the first time I have found the eternal silence of the deep mountain valley

It is just from her moving eyes like a riddle
that for the first time I have heard thunder in the plateau
for the first time I have heard the sound of the dusk pushing the wooden door open
for the first time I have heard the sweet sigh of the fire pit
for the first time I have heard the sound of a water-like kiss under a scarf

It is just from her calm forehead
that for the first time I have seen the windstorms keeping coming from the distance
for the first time I have seen the flowers opening on rocks
for the first time I have seen the moonlight having dreamed her lover
for the first time I have seen the river pregnant in April

it is just from where her beautiful figure disappeared
that for the first time I feel sad and lonely
However, I will never forget that day
in a rainy morning in Mt. Daliang
a boy’s first love was taken to a remote place
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* Butuo----a place name, in the central part of Mt. Daliang. The Yi people living there belong to Adu, also titled Xiaokujiao.