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本帖最后由 stonescott 于 2013-12-9 18:39 编辑
◎争吵---呐石（译）
假如沉默需要一个
标识物，那一定不是树木
因为那些叶子
相互之间窃窃私语
永不停息；
那也一定不是池塘
它表面的平静
因为神秘莫测的鱼儿
浮出水面
而破个粉碎；
假如沉默需要一个
标识物，那一定是你
站得如此笔直，不依不饶，
你无语的脊背改变了
我所有言辞的轨迹。
The Quarrel ----By Linda Pastan
If there were a monument
to silence, it would not be
the tree whose leaves
murmur continuously
among themselves;
nor would it be the pond
whose seeming stillness
is shattered
by the quicksilver
surfacing of fish.
If there were a monument
to silence, it would be you
standing so upright, so unforgiving,
your mute back deflecting
every word I say.
◎为何你的诗歌如此忧郁?---呐石（译）
很多时候
月儿不也是黯淡的吗？
如果没有字母形成的
暗色印迹
白色的书页
岂不显得不够完美吗？
上帝召唤光明之时
并未把黑暗驱赶。
相反他创造了
乌木和乌鸦
还有你左面脸颊上
那颗小小的痣。
或者你是不是要问
“为何你总是忧郁？”
那就问问月儿吧。
问问它曾经目睹了什么。
Why Are Your Poems So Dark? ----By Linda Pastan
Isn't the moon dark too,
most of the time?
And doesn't the white page
seem unfinished
without the dark stain
of alphabets?
When God demanded light,
he didn't banish darkness.
Instead he invented
ebony and crows
and that small mole
on your left cheekbone.
Or did you mean to ask
"Why are you sad so often?"
Ask the moon.
Ask what it has witnessed.
◎牙齿根管手术---呐石（译）
在麻醉状态之下
小小的刚朵船夫们
向我唱出
拨奏
而我神思
恍惚
如童年一般
无助
当他们撑着篙子
穿过口腔
那片蒙着暗影的
水域
Root Canal-----By Linda Pastan
under the anesthetic
tiny gondoliers
sing to me
pizzicato
and I am
borne away
helpless as
childhood
as they pole
through the shadowed
waters
of the mouth
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