作者:查尔斯.布考斯基
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- Q {5 G% e( e" Q. B; @/ B我醒来口干舌燥,蕨类植物死了,
/ k# w0 R; {! p- J这些盆栽植物黄如玉米;
7 c8 P' \* z: h. M2 e, }0 ~6 ?我的女人也已离开 G& {7 O6 J# Z4 u. o( @3 i
而这些空酒瓶仿佛血尽而亡的尸体
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但阳光依然耀眼,9 h) V) h- Q, y) w8 f1 [
我的女房东的字据笔迹端正' i0 F" X& B& Y) @6 s `
以温和而枯黄的口吻;什么风格,一个小丑
+ \6 f4 O+ w4 p拿这尖酸的疼痛开玩笑;酸痛
4 F1 |3 U/ f4 }4 i. ? C( f( ~) p由于它存在,仅此而已;; g, }/ b1 h) L7 L4 a
我用旧刀片小心地剃须
: ?6 Y" C7 {# l这个男人曾经年轻,并且4 p# I6 u1 C8 B; i0 K& r0 ]
据说是个天才;但是: X1 ]- A9 s, A' R3 A8 ]' v- C! e. x9 C
那不过是叶子的悲剧,6 X5 \& y1 p" Y7 L3 D0 f
这死亡的蕨类,这死亡的植物;% q% e& m' e ^) N4 [; `
我走进玩牌大厅1 C& \6 k e( k* A. X* c' I; X; h
女房东就站在那里
, U+ a2 C* H5 T" I8 ` c# h用最后的诅咒,4 P; o0 J& i9 a. O1 b, w* }
让我下地狱,
& O7 z( E$ H# Y) P; u5 b, ~" w她舞动肥大而热汗涔涔的臂膀2 H# k; ]$ g8 P
大叫着索要房租% O- [& U# c" _* C {6 l% |/ Q- Q2 L5 t2 M
因为这个世界同时辜负了
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(莫笑愚译于2015-05-08,于加州棕榈泉)
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附英文原文:3 X; ], y) C/ V* e
; b3 T0 u, w) U6 e- L0 kTHE TRAGEDY OF THE LEAVES
; u. ?" z( ~6 tBY CHARLES BUKOWSKI# @) e( d7 ]- _( e5 K
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# O/ z' E5 ^# i8 E1 h1 TI awakened to dryness and the ferns were dead,
' u2 ~6 z; q6 j' ^the potted plants yellow as corn;
& d7 m5 _4 q% \# q5 M3 Lmy woman was gone
3 Q; r; T( V# p$ yand the empty bottles like bled corpses
4 T7 Y/ W! X esurrounded me with their uselessness;5 [6 ?! x% x9 c# I2 y
the sun was still good, though,; z6 ]$ e6 Y* {9 j/ P
and my landlady's note cracked in fine and ' v: r! f9 T# U" V4 Y+ |
undemanding yellowness; what style, a jester; @" f$ n( @' o9 x( ], ]
with jokes upon absurd pain; pain is absurd1 E$ ~5 C. v$ m# F' [" B
because it exists, nothing more;4 ]" t4 r9 W/ M7 u0 K% L4 ?% I7 P* p
I shaved carefully with an old razor
7 D0 w6 {) y% @3 R; `5 ~( Mthe man who had once been young and
. ?5 j7 n, I: p& m. C# Lsaid to have genius; but
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the dead ferns, the dead plants;9 h$ G3 p, a) x0 V( M) N
and I walked into a card hall
5 |" p/ L M7 w/ Rwhere the landlady stood
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sending me to hell,4 [$ d+ l5 t; _8 R
waving her fat, sweaty arms
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because the world had failed us
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