▍盛年
一种停滞的感觉……正如,我想象,
直到孤单的身体变得
疲倦,不真切;
然后开始感到一种向后的牵引
在替代,令人厌恶而专横——
有人说,充满欲望。
这一定是生命的盛年……我闭眼,
仿佛疼痛;的确疼痛,想起
这场哑剧
关于补偿与消解,
挫败与伪装,事实上,构成了
我生命的盛年。
Maturity
A stationary sense... as, I suppose,
I shall have, till my single body grows
Inaccurate, tired;
Then I shall start to feel the backward pull
Take over, sickening and masterful -
Some say, desired.
And this must be the prime of life... I blink,
As if at pain; for it is pain, to think
This pantomime
Of compensating act and counter-act
Defeat and counterfeit, makes up, in fact
My ablest time.
作者 / 菲利普·拉金,舒丹丹译
朗读 / 冬瓜糖
制作 / 钟平
出品 / 读首诗再睡觉(dushoushizaishuijiao)