A Man and a Woman Sit Near Each Other
A Man and a Woman Sit Near Each Other
Robert Bly
A man and a woman sit near each other, and they do not long
at this moment to be older, or younger, nor born
in any other nation, or time, or place.
They are content to be where they are, talking or not-talking.
Their breaths together feed someone whom we do not know.
The man sees the way his fingers move;
he sees her hands close around a book she hands to him.
They obey a third body that they share in common.
They have made a promise to love the body.
Age may come, parting may come, death will come.
A man and a woman sit near each other;
as they breathe they feed someone we do not know,
someone we know of, whom we have never seen.
一男一女促膝而坐
羅伯特·勃萊
一男一女促膝而坐，這樣的時(shí)刻
他們不會(huì)渴求更老或更加年輕，抑或
生在另一個(gè)國(guó)度、另一個(gè)時(shí)間或地點(diǎn)。
他們心滿(mǎn)意足于此情此景，無(wú)論交談或者沉默。
他倆的呼吸共同為某個(gè)我們所不識(shí)的人提供養(yǎng)分。
那個(gè)男人看著他手指動(dòng)彈的樣子；
他看到她的雙手圍攏著一本遞過(guò)來(lái)的書(shū)。
他們服從著他們共享的另一個(gè)身體。
他們?cè)缇妥鞒龀兄Z：愛(ài)這身體。
年齡不會(huì)去，分離會(huì)到來(lái)，死亡終會(huì)降臨。
一男一女這樣促膝而坐：
他們呼吸時(shí)，為我們所不識(shí)的人提供養(yǎng)分，
某個(gè)我們知道但卻從未見(jiàn)面的人。