作者:查尔斯.布考斯基9 a5 Y0 K b8 @- V
翻译:莫笑愚
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- R3 F. m: y5 e2 a* f9 z, e3 x我醒来口干舌燥,蕨类植物死了,/ c5 d1 v$ ^+ g
这些盆栽植物黄如玉米;3 ]4 H8 v, W: E
我的女人也已离开
( h! f" n* m: ]( u. B而这些空酒瓶仿佛血尽而亡的尸体
; s2 J/ q4 B4 H' W+ }; V用空虚环绕我;
6 h& i' G" G s# J- C但阳光依然耀眼,
7 S( n% k) m1 o& u: Z9 l! K0 c我的女房东的字据笔迹端正% D! |$ Y% B/ K( V/ N
以温和而枯黄的口吻;什么风格,一个小丑
! y5 Q- t) p* x n% i+ ]拿这尖酸的疼痛开玩笑;酸痛
6 l& P5 ?$ g. [由于它存在,仅此而已;
* z$ z$ [9 p- r( F" v我用旧刀片小心地剃须
& Q s: l" I9 a7 W$ z这个男人曾经年轻,并且
B& E/ u0 q4 z) D E据说是个天才;但是
' `/ F$ @( f+ d3 n X; {那不过是叶子的悲剧,
/ [* g4 \1 e8 f9 I; p! \这死亡的蕨类,这死亡的植物;+ g* D. X( M. d, t0 P9 K
我走进玩牌大厅# r3 V# o# S/ V, t; C! p: B$ [5 q
女房东就站在那里
6 j0 H$ K. P# P5 T% j% X用最后的诅咒," h ~6 H8 w* |& K. E
让我下地狱,# q& E$ ~3 |& t" z5 C, R
她舞动肥大而热汗涔涔的臂膀
: W( i" Z2 |$ i, b3 R! F( x: C7 B大叫着索要房租
! ?3 ^- F( ^. F3 P! J5 k因为这个世界同时辜负了+ q' t7 K6 Z5 G0 _2 B
我们俩。
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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:
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THE TRAGEDY OF THE LEAVES
: n4 h5 G8 Z) Y, s" M: DBY CHARLES BUKOWSKI5 j! y1 _; a4 y
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" Z5 r) X* \; b2 m$ S K" D, G/ |I awakened to dryness and the ferns were dead,. K4 @4 j& c' s7 @) s5 y
the potted plants yellow as corn;4 ]! Q; V$ O+ A
my woman was gone% e7 e+ V" f2 n
and the empty bottles like bled corpses) d+ ]2 f( y, A
surrounded me with their uselessness;
* ?8 b d# e% I0 ], n+ _; j% nthe sun was still good, though,
+ W9 u% i0 Q5 m0 H7 P2 z3 R$ Eand my landlady's note cracked in fine and / h" p9 c4 P* ~1 J$ ?
undemanding yellowness; what style, a jester6 Z# n" Y0 H8 G6 U x4 x
with jokes upon absurd pain; pain is absurd
. F! e5 z( c: T2 ~' [( [( n kbecause it exists, nothing more;% k+ x, V/ I. H/ T- m2 a- f- r/ A
I shaved carefully with an old razor( F% S; p' n% r! t. l4 X
the man who had once been young and
n9 i$ S# g" e. c7 X& H, jsaid to have genius; but
5 \6 O; F+ u/ F& sthat's the tragedy of the leaves,
# u' _ ]( E4 r4 Pthe dead ferns, the dead plants;: ~8 Z4 G, V1 g8 a
and I walked into a card hall
% x8 c7 o- ]( L$ vwhere the landlady stood
& x- e- r1 M3 {7 A6 a( r2 bexecrating and final,
& L( e0 w% g! I" W/ csending me to hell,$ \2 Q- D7 \) Q5 D' h0 k( [; G
waving her fat, sweaty arms
+ J4 `" V6 l7 Vand screaming for rent, t3 E6 |0 G3 A. B6 X- p9 ^7 Y
because the world had failed us
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