《天啊，它遍布星星3》 by K?史密斯

3.

 

Perhaps the great error is believing we’re alone,

That the others have come and gone—a momentary blip—

When all along, space might be choc-full of traffic,

Bursting at the seams with energy we neither feel

Nor see, flush against us, living, dying, deciding,

Setting solid feet down on planets everywhere,

Bowing to the great stars that command, pitching stones

At whatever are their moons. They live wondering

If they are the only ones, knowing only the wish to know,

And the great black distance they—we—flicker in.

也许最大的错误就是相信我们是孤单的，

其他人来了又走——昙花一现——

也可能从来太空就交通拥挤，

以我们并未察觉和见到的能量爆射

冲向我们，活着，死去，决定，

在行星上四处脚踏实地，

向操纵一切的伟大星球鞠躬，

朝它们的月亮投石。他们活在好奇里

是否只有他们，想知而不可知，

在广漠夜空中，他们——我们——闪烁其间

 

Maybe the dead know, their eyes widening at last,

Seeing the high beams of a million galaxies flick on

At  twilight. Hearing the engines flare, the horns

Not letting up, the frenzy of being. I want to be

One notch below bedlam, like a radio without a dial.

Wide open, so everything floods in at once.

And sealed tight, so nothing escapes. Not even time,

Which should curl in on itself and loop around like smoke.

So that I might be sitting now beside my father

As he raises a lit match to the bowl of his pipe

For the first time in the winter of 1959.

也许死者知道，他们终于睁大了眼睛，

看到百万个星系的高光在黄昏

闪耀。听着引擎轰响，喇叭

长鸣，处在狂热之中。我想成为

喧闹下的一个缺口，就像一个拿掉旋钮的收音机。

敞开，所有一切一起涌来。

再紧紧密封，因此无法逃脱。甚至时间也不行，

它本该卷曲在自身里，像烟雾环绕。

以便我现在可以坐在我父亲身边

当他拿起火柴点燃烟斗

那是第一次，于1959年的冬天。

 

所有跟帖： 

• 史密斯的诗越读越能体会到其间的炫目和玄妙。林兄好译，读起来流畅。欣赏！ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 03:35:59

• 写法是有独到之处。谢谢盈盈鼓励，请多批。 -LinMu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 04:20:58

• 早晨看得匆忙。刚下班，等有空，再来细读一下 ：） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 15:24:02

• And the great black distance they—we—flicker in. 请教盈盈这句怎么译 -LinMu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 19:01:26

• 林兄发美语世界吧。那边的高手多，谦谦虚虚，可以友好讨论问题的人也多。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (207 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 19:09:24

• 有一段时间没去了 -LinMu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 19:35:06

• 这首荡气回肠。赞！ -snowandlotus- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 18:13:09

• 她的诗有气势 -LinMu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/15/2022 postreply 19:02:06