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发表于 2019-4-6 21:31:33
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IV
from THE KEEPER OF SHEEP
This afternoon a thunderstorm
Rolled down from the slopes of the sky
Like a huge boulder...
As when someone shakes a tablecloth
From out of a high window,
And the crumbs,because they fall together,
Make a sound when they fall,
The rain swished down from the sky
And darkened the roads...
As the bolts of lightning jostled space
And shook the air
Like a large head saying no,
I don't know why(for I wasn't afraid),
But I started to pray to St.Barbara
As if I were somebody's old aunt...
Ah,by praying to St.Barbara
I'd feel even simpler
Than I think I am...
I'd feel common and domestic,
As if I'd lived my whole life
Peacefully,like the garden wall,
Having ideas and feelings the same way
A flower has scent and color...
I felt like someone who could believe in St.Barbara...
Ah,to be able to believe in St.Barbara!
(Do those who believe in St.Barbara
Think she's like us and visible?
Or what then do they think of her?)
(what a sham!What do the flowers,
The trees and the sheep know
About St.Barbara?...The branch of a tree,
If it could think,would never
Invent saints or angels...
It might think that the sun
Illuminates and that thunder
Is a sudden noise
That begins with light...
Ah,how even the simplest men
Are sick and confused and stupid
Next to the sheer simplicity
And healthy existence
Of plants and trees!)
And thinking about all this,
I became less happy again...
I became gloomy and out of sorts and sullen
Like a day when a thunderstorm threatens all day
And by night it still hasn't struck.
这个下午,一场雷雨
就像巨大的石头
从天空的斜坡上
滚落
有人从高窗外抖动桌布
一些碎屑落下,一起发出声响
雨滴随之簌簌而下
模糊了路途
当闪电充斥空间
天空因此而战栗
就像一颗巨大的头颅说“不”
我不知道为什么会这样
(因为我并不感到害怕)
我开始向圣·巴巴拉祈祷
仿佛我就是某人年老的姑妈
啊,通过向圣·巴巴拉祈祷
我感到比自认为的还要单纯
我感到了平凡,和家的氛围
像庭院里的墙壁
仿佛我已经度过了一生
拥有思想和感觉
如同花朵拥有芬芳和色彩
我感觉自己可以信仰圣·巴巴拉了
啊,能够信仰圣·巴巴拉!
(那些信仰圣·巴巴拉的人会认为她像我们一样可见吗?
或者他们又会认为她是什么呢?)
(多么虚假!花朵、树木和羊群
怎会知道圣·巴巴是什么
树枝,即便它可以思考
也绝不会创造出圣人和天使
它或许想到的是阳光普照
突如其来的雷声始于闪电
啊,那些最简单的人是多么病态、混乱和愚蠢
仅次于植物和树木单纯的简单和健全!)
想起这些
我又一次陷入了不快乐中
我变得沮丧,不适,郁郁寡欢
像雷雨要挟了一整天
直到夜晚,还没有停止 |
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