作者:查尔斯.布考斯基/ e9 f2 e) `( w$ w. l
翻译:莫笑愚
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( A: }9 m3 o$ f; ]3 P( U1 i5 e我醒来口干舌燥,蕨类植物死了,
3 k5 d$ u) d7 D2 l! }; U$ \0 t这些盆栽植物黄如玉米;
" I2 T! \1 w, U* |7 Y我的女人也已离开% A8 M3 E7 g- Y1 I
而这些空酒瓶仿佛血尽而亡的尸体
. O/ b* ?! A G' G用空虚环绕我;5 K" ^; T6 p- |- v9 P. R; B$ Y
但阳光依然耀眼,# `) T# N' G ~0 b4 n8 G
我的女房东的字据笔迹端正
t3 F8 o/ g& z' Z t以温和而枯黄的口吻;什么风格,一个小丑
" w5 |0 a u! P' X, ~- W拿这尖酸的疼痛开玩笑;酸痛
+ N* X' i7 F; u$ Q% U) d由于它存在,仅此而已;" n7 B* w+ {. o$ k
我用旧刀片小心地剃须3 m* _' S# P2 J/ I: A
这个男人曾经年轻,并且1 a4 j6 Y6 }. M- P; m a+ D
据说是个天才;但是! p+ X. B9 N: K+ X Q, M, _
那不过是叶子的悲剧,& z" Y# d& Y5 [) [% I) b; z
这死亡的蕨类,这死亡的植物;% x+ ]* e+ ?$ c. s4 q
我走进玩牌大厅! Y8 O( J. Q9 y2 w, u' Z
女房东就站在那里9 t* e# M& Y O; [8 b% ~5 @% r4 C1 z+ ~
用最后的诅咒,2 I+ o) ?0 s9 x4 H
让我下地狱,
7 x! R! X( a( Z2 r: o她舞动肥大而热汗涔涔的臂膀
/ Z9 Y1 l. y' b# f1 c H4 O+ K: P大叫着索要房租
2 _- ^. c0 m5 t* _因为这个世界同时辜负了 Z! r# X3 h! @, U3 P E
我们俩。0 X: B, L! c, M$ G, H
' p7 F, Z W# `$ w1 U(莫笑愚译于2015-05-08,于加州棕榈泉)
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附英文原文:
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% I) X% l7 @. R' ^7 [THE TRAGEDY OF THE LEAVES
9 f$ x4 W! v$ O0 H- ~3 A. ?BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI' I" U$ H% |2 W9 p4 t
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9 O" g/ C, o1 e9 \- i: ]" vI awakened to dryness and the ferns were dead,
8 `% x; O/ V) h2 h1 hthe potted plants yellow as corn;
7 G) ~. a+ r+ c5 f/ tmy woman was gone
- E: c0 D7 s' n ]8 rand the empty bottles like bled corpses
2 @. ]4 w3 D) f0 I# Tsurrounded me with their uselessness;& X+ J9 Z1 j% c* h4 U
the sun was still good, though,
( M9 H; e+ f( s+ k3 L' B% G P! dand my landlady's note cracked in fine and
+ e+ l* @# z- p) D% Pundemanding yellowness; what style, a jester
?7 ?# H9 r, `5 s1 ywith jokes upon absurd pain; pain is absurd4 Z( g7 a* t( T6 ^4 C( v9 k
because it exists, nothing more;
, \: q& P* k0 f n) S6 II shaved carefully with an old razor
/ y1 m* _& _& Qthe man who had once been young and
$ Z$ [: ^. C( U$ o( X# ?0 t+ t$ ~said to have genius; but" ?, Q) p/ ~- v$ T9 j( r, y/ u
that's the tragedy of the leaves,7 a1 B3 q( a* n. j! W$ ?+ ]
the dead ferns, the dead plants;0 D, t4 X) B# c2 c
and I walked into a card hall
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execrating and final,5 K3 s5 u/ j* `
sending me to hell,
( S3 D/ l# P* i owaving her fat, sweaty arms
' X# k2 k/ l8 z" ^0 Mand screaming for rent
# o( d- d) E* t) Mbecause the world had failed us
( @* O2 k% m+ s+ M& U$ `6 p: Qboth.
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