雙語·《西爾維婭·普拉斯詩集》 十月的虞美人

Poppies in October
十月的虞美人

Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts.
即使今天的朝霞也無奈這些似裙的花朵。

Nor the woman in the ambulance
救護車里的女人也是無奈

Whose red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly——
鮮紅的血從心臟涌出滲透大衣，令人驚駭——

A gift, a love gift
這禮物，愛的禮物

Utterly unasked for
天空完全沒有

By a sky
想要

Palely and flamily
天空蒼白而耀眼

Igniting its carbon monoxide, by eyes
燃燒著一氧化碳，圓頂

Dulled to a halt under bowlers.
帽子下的雙眼呆滯了。

O my God, what am I
哦，我的上帝，我算什么

That these late mouths should cry open
遲開的花朵張大嘴叫喊

In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers.
結霜的樹林，矢車菊盛開之初。

(1962/10/27. p.240. No.195)
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