分享你心目中那首與美齊名的詩歌 - 《在一顆小星星底下》(Under One Small Star—Wislawa Symborska)

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My apologies to chance for calling it necessity.

我為稱之為必然向巧合致歉。

My apologies to necessity if I'm mistaken,after all.

倘若有任何誤謬之處，我向必然致歉。

Please,don't be angry,happiness,that I take you as my due.

但願快樂不會因我視其為己有而生氣。

May my dead be patient with the way my memories fade.

但願死者耐心包容我逐漸衰退的記憶。

My apologies to time for all the world I overlook each second.

我為自己分分秒秒疏漏萬物而向時間致歉。

My apologies to past loves for thinking that the latest is the first.

我為將新歡視為初戀向舊愛致歉。

Forgive me, distant wars, for bringing flowers home.

遠方的戰爭啊，原諒我帶花回家。

Forgive me,open wounds,for pricking my finger.

裂開的傷口啊，原諒我扎到手指。

I apologize for my record of minutes to those who cry from the depths.

我為我的小步舞曲唱片向在深淵吶喊的人致歉。

I apologize to those who wait in railway stations for being asleep today at five a.m.

我為清晨五點仍熟睡向在火車站候車的人致歉。

Pardon me,hounded hope,for laughing from time to time.

被追獵的希望啊，原諒我不時大笑。

Pardon me,deserts,that I don't rush to you bearing a spoonful of water.

沙漠啊，原諒我未及時送上一匙水。

And you,falcon,unchanging year after year,always in the same cage,

而你，這些年來未曾改變，始終同在一籠中，

your gaze always fixed on the same point in space,

目不轉睛盯望著空中同一定點的獵鷹啊，

forgive me,even if it turns out you were stuffed.

原諒我，雖然你已成為標本。

My apologies to the felled tree for the table's four legs.

我為桌子的四隻腳向被砍下的樹木致歉。

My apologies to great questions for small answers.

我為簡短的回答向龐大的問題致歉。

Truth,please don't pay me much attention.

真理啊，不要太留意我。

Dignity,please be magnanimous.

尊嚴啊，請對我寬大為懷。

Bear with me,O mystery of existence,as I pluck the occasional thread from your train.

存在的奧秘啊，請包容我扯落了你衣裙的縫線。

Soul,don't take offense that I've only got you now and then.

靈魂啊，別譴責我偶爾才保有你。

My apologies to everything that I can't be everywhere at once.

我為自己不能無所不在向萬物致歉。

My apologies to everyone that I can't be each woman and each man.

我為自己無法成為每個男人和女人向所有的人致歉。

I know I won't be justfied as long as I live,

我知道有生之年我無法找到任何理由替自己辯解，

since I myself stand in my own way.

因為我自己即是我自己的阻礙。

Don't bear me ill will,speech,that I borrow weighty words,

噢，言語，別怪我借用了沉重的字眼，

then labor heavily so that they may seem light.

卻又勞心費神地使它們看似輕鬆。

譯者：

陳黎張芬齡

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