译马克?欧文的诗一首《我看到这只手的X光片》

我看到这只手的X光片

骨骼细长，关节明亮

如飞动的史前之鸟

如变魔术

从黎明的曙光中

抽出一块白手绢来

我感到了危险

像一个间谍

不情愿，又无可奈何

当它接近某个位置

一杯牛奶和一件伤心的事情之间

或者是一个礼物，一把刀

慢如时间之刀

此时，我开始紧张

“你好吗？——”

肉体发出的声音，悠长

 

（译注：世界上第一张X光片是一只手的）

译自《Poetry Daily》

 

 

When I See This X-Ray of a Hand's

Mark Irwin

 

long, jointed bones, floating like a bird's, prehistoric, knuckling

in their brightness, as if to perform some magic trick, to pull

a kerchief from the debut of darkness, I feel dangerous

as a spy, though unwilling as that reach toward something

between milk and sorrow, yet a gift, though be it

a knife, slow like time's, then I feel myself straining, listening

to the long echo of flesh say hello.