Jane Hirshfield | 简·赫斯菲尔德
A PERSON PROTESTS TO FATE
A person protests to fate:
“The things you have caused
me most to want
are those that furthest elude me.”
Fate nods.
Fate is sympathetic.
To tie the shoes, button a shirt,
are triumphs
for only the very young,
the very old.
During the long middle:
conjugating a rivet
mastering tango
training the cat to stay off the table
preserving a single moment longer than this one
continuing to wake whatever has happened the day before
and the penmanships love practices inside the body.
一个人向命运抗议
一个人向命运抗议：
“你致使我
最想要的东西
最遥不可及。”
命运点头。
命运有同情心。
系上鞋带，系上衬衫纽扣，
是一种凯旋，
仅仅对那些年幼者
和年老者。
而在这漫长的时间中：
给一颗铆钉变位
精通探戈
训练一只猫不跳上桌子
储存起比此刻更长久的一瞬
持续唤醒前一天所发生的
还有爱的书法在身体里践行。
翻译 © 史春波
more by Jane Hirshfield
I Wanted Only a Little | 我只要少许
A Photograph of a Face Half Lit, Half in Darkness | 照片上的脸一半在光里，一半在黑暗里
Zero Plus Anything Is a World | 零加上任何事物都是一个世界
Like Two Negative Numbers Multiplied by Rain | 正如两个负数乘以雨水
A Blessing for Wedding | 婚礼的祝福
