作者:查尔斯.布考斯基9 m0 _1 s" _" |" E+ B& {
翻译:莫笑愚# R# r7 B/ S6 A
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我醒来口干舌燥,蕨类植物死了,
* X! D8 g6 i& Z4 Y; p) X6 Z这些盆栽植物黄如玉米;- G# T! g y1 M
我的女人也已离开
1 e! b7 b' i! ^, J" Z: Z而这些空酒瓶仿佛血尽而亡的尸体- k' ]& N) g' _7 \, C# z; g' Q
用空虚环绕我;; P! I7 U8 D: N
但阳光依然耀眼,
f! [; b% F4 j$ m$ ], s, @* Q( y( H我的女房东的字据笔迹端正5 Q7 ?% k D4 o5 a% s
以温和而枯黄的口吻;什么风格,一个小丑
9 h4 V# J. e1 ~8 {0 v( w拿这尖酸的疼痛开玩笑;酸痛- t, E1 d1 h* L/ z1 _
由于它存在,仅此而已;: l$ Q9 C* U$ @6 U h$ k8 O% o$ u
我用旧刀片小心地剃须
' w: S7 }$ ?" a! N. U. M' C" H这个男人曾经年轻,并且5 g/ p% q2 f# m2 u7 o$ L
据说是个天才;但是" \7 q! F+ A0 w8 N/ f* X
那不过是叶子的悲剧,
% n' k; k& D4 p8 ~8 N这死亡的蕨类,这死亡的植物;
& S, z1 A" V; B" w: k我走进玩牌大厅# p" y! Z% w, V4 n& j
女房东就站在那里
. S' o$ S! P# l! g; Z! m用最后的诅咒,
# E9 G8 U3 `7 t$ b# R让我下地狱,
2 q9 j. A* O4 d) f5 @/ z. J9 E她舞动肥大而热汗涔涔的臂膀# Z1 i$ d6 V) g, u+ j. h' @8 n
大叫着索要房租
2 B6 A; b, }. s因为这个世界同时辜负了
! @; S6 x/ q1 i3 R* t1 J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; b! l, m6 b- J+ h
BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI
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I awakened to dryness and the ferns were dead,
6 n7 z( M6 I$ A5 h) W! z1 xthe potted plants yellow as corn;
6 u, l5 g7 m/ n/ Nmy woman was gone- O u- F$ m) o8 ^
and the empty bottles like bled corpses: q& C* F& z8 O$ F
surrounded me with their uselessness;
I. o% Q, X# K$ Jthe sun was still good, though,- v; d8 Q9 Q$ v2 X6 ]
and my landlady's note cracked in fine and / ]2 P2 C; e5 }# [6 w4 j g9 m
undemanding yellowness; what style, a jester9 [3 _6 \" X5 u% ]& K
with jokes upon absurd pain; pain is absurd
: A. P o3 \% k! [because it exists, nothing more;
" ^, `/ w0 b1 s' |! u. G; U0 ~I shaved carefully with an old razor" A8 ?! E* q; @9 x
the man who had once been young and7 A/ E9 j0 z0 m
said to have genius; but
2 N$ @* ~/ b" vthat's the tragedy of the leaves,# D' C. M) l* `: t0 N1 C
the dead ferns, the dead plants;
* |. Q- S3 ^; u# n6 F) [and I walked into a card hall
( L. N4 N! R% ^8 iwhere the landlady stood
4 y+ v/ Y: S, y mexecrating and final,
; T! i# t. `: {) \2 E9 K7 X' ysending me to hell,' L: Z c0 T2 S" y; Q$ F
waving her fat, sweaty arms
2 t% }- P: P/ ^7 c6 j5 H) \9 Vand screaming for rent
/ l7 b3 w! M# I {# r$ [" rbecause the world had failed us
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