学习阅读

来源: 2014-07-01 15:07:47 [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读:
           弗兰兹.赖特 


如果每看五六个字我就要翻字典,
那有什么关系。我查找。
反正我没有好去处。 

我父亲不在,我母亲
像要即将爆发,
不是开成花朵,每当我说话。

我最爱读伊利亚特。是的。
我不能准确发音,
但我什么时候要发音, 

给谁?
难道是我的继父?
首先,他几乎不会说英语; 

其次他完全可能
嘲笑或打我
即使我没有触怒他。 

孤独,苦闷和恐惧
我的动机
火上浇油 

我跪在地上为他们感谢上帝。
 
杜甫,赞美诗,惠特曼,里尔克。
生活已经教会了我。


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Learning To Read — by Franz Wright 


If I had tolook up every fifth or sixth word,
so what. I looked them up.
I had nowhere important to be. 

My fatherwas unavailable, and my mother
looked like she was about to break,
and not into blossom, every time I spoke. 

My favoritewas the Iliad. True,
I had trouble pronouncing the names,
but when was I going to pronounce them, and 

to whom? 
My stepfather maybe?
Number one, he could barely speak English;
 
two, he had sufficient intent
to smirk or knock me down
without any prompting from me. 

Loneliness, boredom and terror
my motivation
fiercely fuelled. 

I get down on my knees and thank God for them. 

Du Fu, the Psalms, Whitman, Rilke.
Life has taught me.


 





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