High Windows

When I see a couple of kids
And guess he’s fucking her and she’s
Taking pills or wearing adiaphragm,
I know this is paradise
Everyone old has dreamed of all their lives—
Bonds and gestures pushed to one side
Like an outdated combine harvester,
And everyone young going down the long slide
To happiness, endlessly. I wonder if
Anyone looked at me, forty years back,
And thought, That’ll be the life;
No God any more, or sweating in the dark
About hell and that, or having to hide
What you think of the priest. He
And his lot will all go down the long slide
Like free bloody birds. And immediately
Rather than words comes the thought of high windows
The sun-comprehending glass,
And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows
Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.


高窗

当我看见一对年轻人
我就猜测他们在做爱，而她
在吃避孕药，或是带着子宫环，
我明白这就是乐园
每个老去的人都梦想过怎么度过一生——
把捆绑束缚和惺惺作态扔到一边
像一台过时的联合收割机，
而每个年轻人都将沿着长长的滑梯
滑向幸福，无尽的幸福。我暗自想
是否有人四十年前也这么注视着我
心想那才是生活；
再没有上帝，也无需在黑暗中
害怕得直冒冷汗，或者不得不
藏起对牧师的想法，他
和他的命运都将滑下长长的滑梯
像自由而生机勃勃的鸟儿。忽然间
不是词语，而是高窗的念头涌现：
理解太阳的玻璃，
在它的外面，深蓝色天空，展示着
虚无，无处可寻，无穷无尽。

（卞兆康译）

充满玩味的诗歌，值得品读~

许剑桐 发表于 2023-4-25 17:05
充满玩味的诗歌，值得品读~

感谢，握手，五一快乐！！

学习。问候。

俞伟远(浙江） 发表于 2023-5-4 09:06
学习。问候。