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翻译:莫笑愚& w4 m [( n5 {4 e, \; [# K# ?# X
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- [5 d7 v( Y/ Q5 d2 Q0 Y5 i我醒来口干舌燥,蕨类植物死了,$ V. E$ a- [% q/ Y6 K8 g7 J% k9 Y
这些盆栽植物黄如玉米;
/ O) }6 M+ y" T v) X g我的女人也已离开
1 |! g8 {+ ?$ l9 ]+ P而这些空酒瓶仿佛血尽而亡的尸体% w+ l! u" S$ Q# p* F- d% t' B
用空虚环绕我;+ K5 y$ s7 P3 G# {6 ]; i
但阳光依然耀眼,6 q3 E s+ [2 M4 V/ Y2 L4 t
我的女房东的字据笔迹端正% b, b5 {8 F; u
以温和而枯黄的口吻;什么风格,一个小丑
6 Q7 m" ^1 C7 H0 j拿这尖酸的疼痛开玩笑;酸痛
z0 \3 v7 I/ M由于它存在,仅此而已;
/ c a- m9 Q4 I+ B/ B0 _# k# j# F3 r我用旧刀片小心地剃须+ c5 `/ L$ e' ]. N
这个男人曾经年轻,并且
2 Z2 ?- q5 {$ E# S \, I, I据说是个天才;但是' u; s: s/ _" V$ \5 w
那不过是叶子的悲剧,
9 X( [8 |8 J2 U( o; K这死亡的蕨类,这死亡的植物;
' ~' w& A& t' a我走进玩牌大厅
B. S. A2 T8 O( i$ Y女房东就站在那里" M& a0 \+ W' g% i0 o% C
用最后的诅咒,: A S8 E( T. ]+ h
让我下地狱,
5 S9 }" ^% l/ X: |9 @她舞动肥大而热汗涔涔的臂膀: e) ~2 c- q, O
大叫着索要房租
4 h: C( X1 ^" D, R8 H. m因为这个世界同时辜负了3 s1 x& {+ Y! ~- [2 q
我们俩。$ r l3 A+ ~5 O2 x$ T6 x' t# m9 P
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(莫笑愚译于2015-05-08,于加州棕榈泉)6 Q( \3 A, D$ x
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% L& a8 ~, K D; X; e% K& Y4 l8 v附英文原文:2 d8 {6 H, f9 q5 d1 X
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THE TRAGEDY OF THE LEAVES
/ ?+ ?4 X& }' N( m+ f8 s8 s+ B& O9 vBY CHARLES BUKOWSKI
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I awakened to dryness and the ferns were dead,
2 F* r- t' H6 K6 q2 y) p) Jthe potted plants yellow as corn;, ~+ O# Y# P9 r+ j9 b* }0 c
my woman was gone" u$ @& ], ` u$ s7 M4 e0 L+ t
and the empty bottles like bled corpses
5 y4 j' X3 }8 Z0 t: D0 Y8 {1 |1 ^" Xsurrounded me with their uselessness;
7 q% |1 }; X! Y! Wthe sun was still good, though,* b, q# c1 B3 Q: }( s
and my landlady's note cracked in fine and
+ C. Y' v4 r5 T! A$ v* N3 L# g% z Aundemanding yellowness; what style, a jester
$ ~% n" r/ L7 t. y C) jwith jokes upon absurd pain; pain is absurd6 P \2 }; H/ y1 i/ R- t
because it exists, nothing more;
9 P* ^# i. @+ \: W. c& s# l3 B/ vI shaved carefully with an old razor$ U" Q9 L( i# f5 Z2 Q. O
the man who had once been young and8 i, j% w2 ?: C4 \
said to have genius; but# L: d% [) | O( F. P) l9 h
that's the tragedy of the leaves,! b3 E. t; [0 @/ U5 K9 {7 o
the dead ferns, the dead plants;
; j9 Y& W* {$ ?5 sand I walked into a card hall5 q2 z. A0 M3 e: X2 e Q2 p3 q5 T
where the landlady stood
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o# i3 Y7 [" ~) dsending me to hell,5 H/ B' a4 j& R% j7 @
waving her fat, sweaty arms
3 u' `! f- y; U: L0 Cand screaming for rent8 C$ T, ]7 K) K+ V6 I1 `
because the world had failed us
/ Q6 l- {' s. H D2 v! oboth.
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