露易絲·格裏克《回歸》

《回歸》
作者：露易絲·格裏克
翻譯：忒綠

最初你離開時
我驚慌失措；不久
街上有個男孩打動了我，
他的目光與我的相遇，
清澈而憂傷：我
呼喚他進來；我用我們的語言
與他交談，
但他的手是你的，
那樣溫柔地索要致命的占有——
所以，我呼喚的是你們中的哪一個
已無關緊要，
創傷已深及心底。


The Return
Louise Glück

At first when you went away
I was frightened; then
a boy touched me on the street,
his eyes were level with mine,
clear and grieving: I
called him in; I spoke to him
in our language,
but his hands were yours,
so gently making their murderous claim—
And then it didn’t matter
which one of you I called,
the wound was that deep.