雙語·《西爾維婭·普拉斯詩集》 遺忘

Amnesiac
遺忘

No use, no use, now, begging Recognize!
現(xiàn)在，必須承認，祈求無用，根本無用！

There is nothing to do with such a beautiful blank but smooth it.
任何事與這么美麗的空白無關，撫平它。

Name, house, car keys,
姓名，房子，汽車鑰匙，

The little toy wife—
那個小玩偶妻子——

Erased, sigh, sigh.
被抹去了，悲嘆，悲嘆。

Four babies and a cooker!
四個嬰兒和一個爐灶！

Nurses the size of worms and a minute doctor
呵護幼蟲的大小，仔細的醫(yī)生

Tuck him in.
將他裹好。

Old happenings
許多陳年舊事

Peel from his skin.
從他的皮膚脫落。

Down the drain with all of it!
全部排泄出去！

Hugging his pillow
抱著他的枕頭

Like the red-headed sister he never dared to touch,
猶如那紅發(fā)女子，他從不敢觸摸，

He dreams of a new one—
他夢想著一位新人——

Barren, the lot are barren!
不孕的，注定是不孕的！

And of another color.
另一種顏色。

How they’ll travel, travel, travel, scenery
他們將去旅游，旅游，旅游，風景

Sparking off their brother-sister rears
在他們兄妹后面閃爍

A comet tail!
彗星尾巴！

And money the sperm fluid of it all.
還有錢，所有的精液。

One nurse brings in
一位保姆帶來

A green drink, one a blue.
綠色的飲料，一位帶來藍色的。

They rise on either side of him like stars.
它們?nèi)缧切窃谒麅蛇吷稹?/p>

The two drinks flame and foam.
兩種飲料在起火焰，起泡沫。

O, sister, mother, wife,
哦，姐姐，母親，妻子，

Sweet Lethe is my life.
甜蜜的遺忘河是我的生活。

I am never, never, never coming home!
我永遠，永遠，永遠不會回家！

(1962/10/21. pp.232—233. No. 189)
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