《為什麽布朗黎出走》 by 莫頓

莫頓：為什麽布朗黎出走

 

為什麽布朗黎離開，他去了哪裏，

至今仍是個謎。

如果有人應該心滿意足的話

那就是他； 兩英畝大麥，

一英畝土豆，四隻小公牛，

一隻奶牛，石板瓦的農舍。

最後一次看見他出去翻耕

是三月的一個淩晨，大清早。

 

到中午布朗黎出名了；

他們發現他拋棄所有，包括

最後一個完好的犁具，他那一對

黑馬，像夫妻，

將重心從一隻腳移到

另一隻腳，凝視未來。

 

Why Brownlee Left

BY PAUL MULDOON

 

Why Brownlee left, and where he went,

Is a mystery even now.

For if a man should have been content

It was him; two acres of barley,

One of potatoes, four bullocks,

A milker, a slated farmhouse.

He was last seen going out to plough

On a March morning, bright and early.

 

By noon Brownlee was famous;

They had found all abandoned, with

The last rig unbroken, his pair of black

Horses, like man and wife,

Shifting their weight from foot to

Foot, and gazing into the future.