雙語·《西爾維婭·普拉斯詩集》 不孕的女人

Barren Woman
不孕的女人

Empty, I echo to the least footfall,
空空的，最輕的腳步聲也會在我身上回響，

Museum without statues, grand with pillars, porticoes, rotundas.
沒有雕像的博物館，宏偉的圓柱，門廊，圓形大廳。

In my courtyard a fountain leaps and sinks back into itself,
我的庭院里，噴泉噴涌而上，飛濺而下，

Nun-hearted and blind to the world. Marble lilies
修女的心腸卻漠視這世界。大理石般的百合

Exhale their pallor like scent.
散發(fā)出馨香的蒼白。

I imagine myself with a great public,
我想象自己與偉大的公眾人物在一起，

Mother of a white Nike and several bald-eyed Apollos.
白色女神奈基和幾個凸眼阿波羅之母。

Instead, the dead injure me with attentions, and nothing can happen.
然而，亡者的殷勤傷害我，沒發(fā)生什么事。

The moon lays a hand on my forehead,
月亮放一只手在我的前額

Blank-faced and mum as a nurse.
茫然的表情，沉默如保育員。

(1961/02/21. p.157. No. 139)
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