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宁静夜
你牵了我的手；那时我们单独
在阴森森的树林里。几乎一转眼
我们就在一座房子里；诺亚
已经长大，搬走；铁线莲在十年后
突然开了花，洁白。
超过了世间万物
我爱我们在一起的这些夜晚，
这些宁静的夏天的夜晚，此刻天空仍然明亮。
就这样珀涅罗珀牵了奥德修斯的手，
不是要把他挽留，而是要把这种宁静
印在他的记忆里：
从这时起，你所穿越的那种寂静
是我的声音在追随你。
P. 5
QUIET EVENING
You take my hand; then we’re alone
in the life-threatening forest. Almost immediately
we’re in a house; Noah’s
grown and moved away; the clematis after ten years
suddenly flowers white.
More than anything in the world
I love these evenings when we’re together,
the quiet evenings in summer, the sky still light at this hour.
So Penelope took the hand of Odysseus,
not to hold him back but to impress
this peace on his memory:
from this point on, the silence through which you move
is my voice pursuing you.
礼仪
我断了吃菊芋的喜好，当我不再吃
黄油。茴香
我从不喜欢。
有件事我一直对你
憎恨：我恨你拒绝
让别人在这屋子里。福楼拜
有许多朋友，而且福楼拜
是个隐士。
和你住一起就像住在
寄宿学校：
周二吃鸡，周三吃鱼。
另一件是：说说还有哪个人
没有家具。
快乐，或许，但不是
喜悦。当你做菊芋，
为自己做。
P. 6-7
CEREMONY
I stopped liking artichokes when I stopped eating
butter. Fennel
I never liked.
One thing I’ve always hated
about you: I hate that you refuse
to have people at the house. Flaubert
had more friends and Flaubert
was a recluse.
Living with you is like living
at boarding school:
chicken Monday, fish Tuesday.
Another thing: name one other person
who doesn’t have furniture.
你牵了我的手；那时我们单独
在阴森森的树林里。几乎一转眼
我们就在一座房子里；诺亚
已经长大，搬走；铁线莲在十年后
突然开了花，洁白。
超过了世间万物
我爱我们在一起的这些夜晚，
这些宁静的夏天的夜晚，此刻天空仍然明亮。
就这样珀涅罗珀牵了奥德修斯的手，
不是要把他挽留，而是要把这种宁静
印在他的记忆里：
从这时起，你所穿越的那种寂静
是我的声音在追随你。
P. 5
QUIET EVENING
You take my hand; then we’re alone
in the life-threatening forest. Almost immediately
we’re in a house; Noah’s
grown and moved away; the clematis after ten years
suddenly flowers white.
More than anything in the world
I love these evenings when we’re together,
the quiet evenings in summer, the sky still light at this hour.
So Penelope took the hand of Odysseus,
not to hold him back but to impress
this peace on his memory:
from this point on, the silence through which you move
is my voice pursuing you.
礼仪
我断了吃菊芋的喜好，当我不再吃
黄油。茴香
我从不喜欢。
有件事我一直对你
憎恨：我恨你拒绝
让别人在这屋子里。福楼拜
有许多朋友，而且福楼拜
是个隐士。
和你住一起就像住在
寄宿学校：
周二吃鸡，周三吃鱼。
另一件是：说说还有哪个人
没有家具。
快乐，或许，但不是
喜悦。当你做菊芋，
为自己做。
P. 6-7
CEREMONY
I stopped liking artichokes when I stopped eating
butter. Fennel
I never liked.
One thing I’ve always hated
about you: I hate that you refuse
to have people at the house. Flaubert
had more friends and Flaubert
was a recluse.
Living with you is like living
at boarding school:
chicken Monday, fish Tuesday.
Another thing: name one other person
who doesn’t have furniture.