《牛脂灯》by策兰

牛脂灯 （TALGLICHT）

 

僧侣们用毛茸茸的手指翻开书页：九月。

杰森正朝刚发芽的种子扔雪。

森林赐你一副手的项圈，于是你死一般走过绳索。

你发间染上了一抹更深的蓝，而我在谈论爱。

我谈到贝壳，和轻云，还有一只小船在雨中含苞。

一匹小公马奔跑于翻动树叶的手指间——

黑色的大门弹开，我歌唱：

我们曾如何在这里生活？

 

TALLOW LIGHT

by Paul Celan

 

The monks with hairy fingers laid open the book: September.

Jason now throws snow at the sprouting seed.

A necklace of hands the forest gave you, so dead you walk the rope.

A darker blue becomes part of your hair, and I speak of love.

Shells I speak and light clouds, and a boat buds in the rain.

A little stallion gallops over the leaf?turning fingers —

Black the gate leaps open, I sing:

How did we live here?

 

(Translated by Pierre Joris )

 

[菲儿天地]

林兄的翻译和原文很贴近。

这句我是这样翻的：

Black the gate leaps open, I sing:

黑色之门猛然跃开，我高唱：

[LinMu]

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