Day 101

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补上昨日的日记。

还是奥登,《葬礼蓝调》。



《葬礼蓝调》

奥登的诗作"Funeral Blues" 《葬礼蓝调》 初次发表于1936年,后来在1994年拍摄的电影"Four Weddings and a Funeral"

《四个婚礼与一个葬礼》中被Matthew (John Hannah)在为他的同性恋伴侣Gareth (Simon Callow) 所致的悼词中所引用,从而广为人所知。

Stop all the clocks, cut off the

telephone,

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

Silence the pianos and with muffled

drum

Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning

overhead

Scribbling on the sky the message

He Is Dead,

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,

Let the traffic policemen wear black

cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,

My working week and my Sunday

rest,

My noon, my midnight, my talk, my

song;

I thought that love would last for ever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;

Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood,

For nothing now can ever come to

any good.

译文:

《葬礼蓝调》

停止所有的时钟,切断电话,

给狗一块浓汁的骨头,让他别叫,

黯哑了钢琴,随着低沉的鼓,

抬出灵柩,让哀悼者前来。

让直升机在头顶悲旋,

在天空狂草着信息他已逝去,

把黑纱系在信鸽的白颈,

让交通员戴上黑色的手套。

他曾经是我的东,我的西,我的南,我的北,

我的工作天,我的休息日,

我的正午,我的夜半,我的话语,我的歌吟,

我以为爱可以不朽,我错了。

不再需要星星,把每一颗都摘掉,

把月亮包起,拆除太阳,

倾泻大海,扫除森林,

因为什么也不会,再有意味。


极具深情,又悲戚不已的葬歌。


Kitty

2018.6.25

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