作者:查尔斯.布考斯基# m" F2 r. I8 e0 |+ p$ B: d# ?
翻译:莫笑愚0 _3 F- G5 j h' J& S
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. u' {2 q, u& s! T; S( F0 A0 A3 N我醒来口干舌燥,蕨类植物死了,
- @: m1 C9 ~: u9 f2 E0 f这些盆栽植物黄如玉米;5 u w; K/ Y' P M7 r( o
我的女人也已离开% G. n7 c5 p% G+ p6 Z
而这些空酒瓶仿佛血尽而亡的尸体
5 R6 U8 ^3 m1 H- _- C用空虚环绕我;% W. ^, ?- M9 I8 U3 ]. h
但阳光依然耀眼,
4 f5 ]& L8 j) g+ T" S0 H# ?% ^+ n我的女房东的字据笔迹端正9 X6 w9 Q! R) c6 N/ H, U( z6 Z
以温和而枯黄的口吻;什么风格,一个小丑* E- R# R( g2 H
拿这尖酸的疼痛开玩笑;酸痛
( i' l d1 B8 e; p: g) \' t由于它存在,仅此而已;* P. _7 a+ }' H! Z$ z
我用旧刀片小心地剃须$ B* u8 Q8 S4 `
这个男人曾经年轻,并且( q( a4 f1 h5 x
据说是个天才;但是# @1 z- @2 [* e9 Z6 T! w$ x5 S3 }
那不过是叶子的悲剧," }% J5 I: T+ `9 I
这死亡的蕨类,这死亡的植物;( B; e0 f( \$ H- g- Z
我走进玩牌大厅
- b7 G! K* c+ j1 V* D* _女房东就站在那里
* ^4 ]$ z( j& A2 X4 T4 ]9 I3 d用最后的诅咒,& u% y1 Z' n0 S5 b; ?
让我下地狱,* r, ~; n) w/ N/ {
她舞动肥大而热汗涔涔的臂膀
5 `( d7 p) o; H. W大叫着索要房租
: n& @3 n* Q: z9 ]3 \; \因为这个世界同时辜负了5 b! n9 @2 j+ H! u
我们俩。
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: Y8 U- K! \4 H5 d! X7 | O(莫笑愚译于2015-05-08,于加州棕榈泉)
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7 {; N1 ?# g6 p( u N) U0 k7 p5 JTHE TRAGEDY OF THE LEAVES
$ t# u. r" @5 n" v3 O% @BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI
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. M! b# v( E! j1 ^I awakened to dryness and the ferns were dead,7 Q2 o) |$ o6 G ^% P
the potted plants yellow as corn;
" O, M! u5 ~( [0 y4 {+ P: Pmy woman was gone7 l3 U4 S2 b C6 b, p2 b/ ^
and the empty bottles like bled corpses
( U! [6 E( W; v) zsurrounded me with their uselessness;4 M2 k' M( A- J; K, Q
the sun was still good, though,
5 ?1 U# a' Q9 s, W, Kand my landlady's note cracked in fine and ! Q: d2 s! j2 b- y
undemanding yellowness; what style, a jester
/ J$ d3 f6 D3 W/ @5 @with jokes upon absurd pain; pain is absurd @9 z& ^9 y4 O u2 G
because it exists, nothing more;
* `/ }; L* v# d) }: _0 }7 tI shaved carefully with an old razor2 e" f4 }( H4 c& g
the man who had once been young and
* M( [1 \+ R6 q$ @2 g1 C9 V1 D1 o" v0 K# _said to have genius; but
% q( Z" ?& C0 k) C4 D7 ythat's the tragedy of the leaves,
" G% W3 t0 Z4 `( zthe dead ferns, the dead plants;
8 T6 I: F7 m& Z) F3 pand I walked into a card hall
3 K! b5 \; P' J6 z2 W* p Swhere the landlady stood
1 R+ d; ~; Z4 c% v6 }3 `$ F; Uexecrating and final,
9 y# W2 v- W z; o1 q3 gsending me to hell,
' v- j, C0 L7 ?' l0 L; ]. Jwaving her fat, sweaty arms
# T' b- n& g: f9 ]and screaming for rent
" K6 x( o6 W; j5 a1 jbecause the world had failed us
9 |, s3 p2 H- N2 S3 ]both.
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