更新时间:2019-08-28
上官下 • 帕特森:《帕特森》中的诗篇
「1」
《Love poem》情诗
We have plenty of matches in our house
我们家里有足够多的火柴
we keep them on hand always
我们总是把它们放在身边
currently our favorite brand is Ohio Blue Tip,
此刻，我们最爱的火柴品牌是俄亥俄蓝头
though we used to prefer Diamond brand
尽管以前更喜欢钻石牌
That was before we discovered Ohio Blue Tip matches
那是在我们发现俄亥俄蓝头火柴之前
They are excellently packaged sturdy
它们包装精美，牢固
little boxes with dark and light blue and white labels
深蓝与浅蓝还有白色的标识，印在小盒子上
with words lettered in the shape of a megaphone
字母排列成一只扩音器的形状
as if to say even louder to the world,
好像在对全世界大声说：
“Here is the most beautiful watch in the world,
世界上最为美丽的火柴在这里
so sober and furious
如此肃穆且猖狂
and stubbornly ready to burst into flame,
它执着地要去燃成火焰
Lighting,perhaps,the cigarette of the woman you love,
或许是去点燃你爱的女人手中的烟
for the first time,and it was never relly the same after that.
这是第一次 也是无法复制的最后一次
All this will we give you."
我们将给你这一切
That is what you gave me,
那是你给予我的
I become the cigarette and you the match,or
我若为烟 你便是那火柴 或者
I the match and you the cigarette,blazing
为若为火柴 你便是那支烟
with kisses that smoulder toward heaven.
燃烧即相吻 化为烟缕升向天堂
「2」
《 Another One》 另一个
When you're a child
当你还是个孩童的时候
you learn
there are three dimensions:
你知道世上有三个维度：
height,width,and depth.
长度 宽度 和深度
Like a shoebox.
就像鞋盒
Then later you hear
之后你就知道
there's a fourth dimension:
还有第四个维度：
time.
时间
Hmm.
嗯
Then some say
然后有人说
there can be Five,Six,Seven...
还有五维 六维 七维
I knock off work,
我下班后
have a beer
at the bar.
在酒吧里 喝杯啤酒
I look down at the glass
and feel glad.
我向下看着杯子 感到一阵愉悦
「3」
《Poem》诗篇
I‘m in the house.
我在房子里
It's nice out:warm
外面舒服
暖和
Sun on cold snow.
阳光照在冰冷的雪上
First day of spring
初春的第一天
or last of winter.
或是晚冬的最后一天
My legs run up
the stairs and out
the door,
我的双腿跑下楼 跑出门
my top half here writing
而我的上半身 正在写诗
「4」
《 Glow》闪光
When I wake up earlier than you and you
当我比你早些醒来
are turned to face me,face
当你转身面朝着我
on the pillow and hair spread around,
枕上的面庞 四散的头发
I take a chance and stare at you,
我贸然注视着你
amazed in love and afraid
觉得如此痴迷 因为爱你
that you might open your eyes and have
也因为怕你突然睁开双眼
the daylights scared out of you.
被我惊吓不已
But maybe with the daylights gone
但也许惊吓之余
you'd see how much my chest and head
你才能看见我的胸膛和脑袋
implode for you,their voices trapped
是如何为你坍塌
inside like unborn children fearing
那些声响被困在我身体里
they will never see the light of day.
像是害怕无缘天日的婴孩
The opening in the wall now dimly glows
墙壁的缝隙中微弱地闪烁着
ints rainy blue and gray.
潮湿的灰蓝色
I tie my shoes
我系上鞋带
andy go downstairs to put the coffee on.
下楼去把咖啡煮上
「5」
《Water falls 》水落 （作者：片中小女孩）
Water falls from the bright air,
水从明亮的空气里落下
it falls like hair
如发丝一般落下
falling across the young girl’s shoulders
从伊人的肩上落下
water falls
水落
making pools and asphalt
水潭和沥青变成了
dirty mirrors with clouds and buildings inside，
倒映云朵和房屋的泥镜
it falls on the river of my house
它落在我家门前的河流里
falls on my mother and on my hair
它落到母亲和我的头发上
most people call it rain.
人们将它称之为雨
「6」
《The Run》 奔跑
I go through
我奔跑穿越
trillions of molecules
数万亿分子
that move aside
它们向两侧漂移
to make way for me
为我开道
while on both sides
而在两侧
trillions more
还有数以万亿多分子
stay where they are.
静静待在原地
The windshield wiper
blade starts to squeak.
雨刮片发出吱吱声
The rain has stopped
雨停了
I stop.
我也停下来
On the corner
在街角
a boy in a yellow raincoat
有个小男孩穿着黄色雨衣
holding his mother’s hand.
牵着妈妈的手
「7」
《This Is Just To Say》 留言条 （作者：威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯）
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox
我吃了放在冰箱里的梅子
and which you were probably
saving for breakfast
那该是你留着 当早餐当吧
Forgive me
原谅我
they were delicious
真的太好吃了
so sweet
甜甜当
and so cold.
凉凉的
「8」
《Pumpkin》 南瓜
My little pumpkin，
我的小南瓜
I like to think about other girls sometimes,
我有时会去想其他女孩
but the truth is
但 说真的
if you ever left me
如果你离开了我
I’d tear my heart out
我会掏出我的心
and never put it back.
再也不把它放回去
There’ll never be anyone like you.
世上再也不会有 你这样的女孩了
How embarrassing.
真令人不安
「9」
《The Line》 那一行
There’s an old song
有一首古老的歌谣
my grandfather used to sing
我的祖父常常唱起
that has the question,
歌里这样问道
“Or would you like be a fish?”
抑或你愿意做一条鱼？
In the same song
同样在这首歌谣里
is the same question
还有同样的问题
but with a mule and a pig,
但说的是骡子和猪
but the one I hear sometimes
而时常回响在
in my head is the fish one.
我脑海中的是鱼
Just that one line.
只有那么一行
Would you rather be a fish?
你宁愿做一条鱼吗？
As if the rest of the song
就好像这首歌的其余部分
didn’t have to be there.
都不必存在
《Love poem》情诗
We have plenty of matches in our house
我们家里有足够多的火柴
we keep them on hand always
我们总是把它们放在身边
currently our favorite brand is Ohio Blue Tip,
此刻，我们最爱的火柴品牌是俄亥俄蓝头
though we used to prefer Diamond brand
尽管以前更喜欢钻石牌
That was before we discovered Ohio Blue Tip matches
那是在我们发现俄亥俄蓝头火柴之前
They are excellently packaged sturdy
它们包装精美，牢固
little boxes with dark and light blue and white labels
深蓝与浅蓝还有白色的标识，印在小盒子上
with words lettered in the shape of a megaphone
字母排列成一只扩音器的形状
as if to say even louder to the world,
好像在对全世界大声说：
“Here is the most beautiful watch in the world,
世界上最为美丽的火柴在这里
so sober and furious
如此肃穆且猖狂
and stubbornly ready to burst into flame,
它执着地要去燃成火焰
Lighting,perhaps,the cigarette of the woman you love,
或许是去点燃你爱的女人手中的烟
for the first time,and it was never relly the same after that.
这是第一次 也是无法复制的最后一次
All this will we give you."
我们将给你这一切
That is what you gave me,
那是你给予我的
I become the cigarette and you the match,or
我若为烟 你便是那火柴 或者
I the match and you the cigarette,blazing
为若为火柴 你便是那支烟
with kisses that smoulder toward heaven.
燃烧即相吻 化为烟缕升向天堂
「2」
《 Another One》 另一个
When you're a child
当你还是个孩童的时候
you learn
there are three dimensions:
你知道世上有三个维度：
height,width,and depth.
长度 宽度 和深度
Like a shoebox.
就像鞋盒
Then later you hear
之后你就知道
there's a fourth dimension:
还有第四个维度：
time.
时间
Hmm.
嗯
Then some say
然后有人说
there can be Five,Six,Seven...
还有五维 六维 七维
I knock off work,
我下班后
have a beer
at the bar.
在酒吧里 喝杯啤酒
I look down at the glass
and feel glad.
我向下看着杯子 感到一阵愉悦
「3」
《Poem》诗篇
I‘m in the house.
我在房子里
It's nice out:warm
外面舒服
暖和
Sun on cold snow.
阳光照在冰冷的雪上
First day of spring
初春的第一天
or last of winter.
或是晚冬的最后一天
My legs run up
the stairs and out
the door,
我的双腿跑下楼 跑出门
my top half here writing
而我的上半身 正在写诗
「4」
《 Glow》闪光
When I wake up earlier than you and you
当我比你早些醒来
are turned to face me,face
当你转身面朝着我
on the pillow and hair spread around,
枕上的面庞 四散的头发
I take a chance and stare at you,
我贸然注视着你
amazed in love and afraid
觉得如此痴迷 因为爱你
that you might open your eyes and have
也因为怕你突然睁开双眼
the daylights scared out of you.
被我惊吓不已
But maybe with the daylights gone
但也许惊吓之余
you'd see how much my chest and head
你才能看见我的胸膛和脑袋
implode for you,their voices trapped
是如何为你坍塌
inside like unborn children fearing
那些声响被困在我身体里
they will never see the light of day.
像是害怕无缘天日的婴孩
The opening in the wall now dimly glows
墙壁的缝隙中微弱地闪烁着
ints rainy blue and gray.
潮湿的灰蓝色
I tie my shoes
我系上鞋带
andy go downstairs to put the coffee on.
下楼去把咖啡煮上
「5」
《Water falls 》水落 （作者：片中小女孩）
Water falls from the bright air,
水从明亮的空气里落下
it falls like hair
如发丝一般落下
falling across the young girl’s shoulders
从伊人的肩上落下
water falls
水落
making pools and asphalt
水潭和沥青变成了
dirty mirrors with clouds and buildings inside，
倒映云朵和房屋的泥镜
it falls on the river of my house
它落在我家门前的河流里
falls on my mother and on my hair
它落到母亲和我的头发上
most people call it rain.
人们将它称之为雨
「6」
《The Run》 奔跑
I go through
我奔跑穿越
trillions of molecules
数万亿分子
that move aside
它们向两侧漂移
to make way for me
为我开道
while on both sides
而在两侧
trillions more
还有数以万亿多分子
stay where they are.
静静待在原地
The windshield wiper
blade starts to squeak.
雨刮片发出吱吱声
The rain has stopped
雨停了
I stop.
我也停下来
On the corner
在街角
a boy in a yellow raincoat
有个小男孩穿着黄色雨衣
holding his mother’s hand.
牵着妈妈的手
「7」
《This Is Just To Say》 留言条 （作者：威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯）
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox
我吃了放在冰箱里的梅子
and which you were probably
saving for breakfast
那该是你留着 当早餐当吧
Forgive me
原谅我
they were delicious
真的太好吃了
so sweet
甜甜当
and so cold.
凉凉的
「8」
《Pumpkin》 南瓜
My little pumpkin，
我的小南瓜
I like to think about other girls sometimes,
我有时会去想其他女孩
but the truth is
但 说真的
if you ever left me
如果你离开了我
I’d tear my heart out
我会掏出我的心
and never put it back.
再也不把它放回去
There’ll never be anyone like you.
世上再也不会有 你这样的女孩了
How embarrassing.
真令人不安
「9」
《The Line》 那一行
There’s an old song
有一首古老的歌谣
my grandfather used to sing
我的祖父常常唱起
that has the question,
歌里这样问道
“Or would you like be a fish?”
抑或你愿意做一条鱼？
In the same song
同样在这首歌谣里
is the same question
还有同样的问题
but with a mule and a pig,
但说的是骡子和猪
but the one I hear sometimes
而时常回响在
in my head is the fish one.
我脑海中的是鱼
Just that one line.
只有那么一行
Would you rather be a fish?
你宁愿做一条鱼吗？
As if the rest of the song
就好像这首歌的其余部分
didn’t have to be there.
都不必存在
