《來到這裏》
作者:艾達·利蒙(美國當代女詩人。1976~)
翻譯:忒綠
狗做得真漂亮,
它等待著。它讓自己靜止不動,並認定
等待是至關重要的。
我想這永恒
就藏在抽屜裏
藏在扣眼裏。
之前所有的叫嚷
都是大聲喊出來,在大街上,
而現在卻變得輕聲細語。
有一句諺語,
我來到這裏之前從未聽過,
我為你而恨。
意思是,如果狗
在地毯上撒尿,我替你
難過,對你來說真是不幸。
意思是,如果你一人獨處,
當愛就在周圍,
我們在一個不孤單的聲音中
脫下我們孤單的帽子。
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Ada Limón
The dog does this beautiful thing,
it waits. It stills itself and determines
that the waiting is essential.
I suppose this eternity
is the one inside the drawer,
inside the buttonhole.
All the shouting before
was done out loud, on the street,
and now it’s done so shushing-ly.
There is a saying down here,
I’d never heard before,
I hate it for you.
It means, if the dog pees
on the carpet, I hate it
for you, Too bad for you.
It means, if you’re alone,
when love is all around,
We all tip our lonely hats
in one un-lonely sound.