忒忒绿

雅各的天梯

露易丝·格丽克

翻译：忒绿


困顿于土地，
你是不是也想
去天堂？我住在
一位女士的花园里。原谅我，女士；
渴望已夺走我的优雅。我并不是
你希望的模样。但是
如同男女相互渴求，我也渴望
知晓天堂——如今
你的悲伤，一根裸露的茎，
伸向门廊的窗。
而到了顶端，会怎样？一朵小蓝花
像一颗星。绝不
离开这尘世！这不正是
你泪水里的含义吗？



THE JACOB'S LADDER by Louise Glück

Trapped in the earth,
wouldn't you too want to go
to heaven? I live
in a lady's garden. Forgive me, lady;
longing has taken my grace. I am
not what you wanted. But
as men and women seem
to desire each other, I too desire
knowledge of paradise - and now
your grief, a naked stem
reaching the porch window.
And at the end, what? A small blue flower
like a star. Never
to leave the world! Is this
not what your tears mean?