By Gary Snyder
Lay down these words
Before your mind like rocks.
placed solid, by hands
In choice of place,2. placed solid: 牢牢地放置。placed solid, ... In choice of place的意思是“牢牢地放置在精心選擇的地方”。set
Before the body of the mind
in space and time:3. set... in space and time: 放置……在時空之中。
Solidity of bark, leaf, or wall
riprap of things:
Cobble of milky way4. milky way: 銀河,此處拋石石塊被比喻為銀河里的無數(shù)星球。,
straying planets,
These poems, people,
lost ponies with
Dragging saddles—
and rocky sure-foot trails5. rocky sure-foot trails: 踏上去穩(wěn)當(dāng)?shù)氖瘡健?
The worlds like an endless
four-dimensional
Game of Go. 2
ants and pebbles
In the thin loam, each rock a word
a creek-washed stone
Granite: ingrained6. ingrain: 牢牢地植入,根深蒂固。
with torment of fire and weight
Crystal and sediment linked hot7. with torment of fire and weight / Crystal and sediment linked hot: 經(jīng)過火和力的錘煉 / 結(jié)晶和沉積,熾熱中凝聚,在此指石頭形成的過程,同時也指文字經(jīng)過思想的錘煉才成為詩歌。每個文字在詩歌中都牢牢地放置,恰到好處。
all change, in thoughts,
As well as things.
把這些文字放置
在心靈前,像石塊一樣。
用手放置結(jié)實(shí),
在精心選擇的地方,
在心靈的軀體前,放置
在時空之中:
結(jié)實(shí)的樹皮、樹葉或墻
物體的排列:
銀河里的卵石,
零散的星球,
這些詩歌,人們,
走迷的幼馬
拖著馬鞍——
走上去穩(wěn)當(dāng)?shù)氖瘡健?/p>
世界像沒完沒了的、
四維的、
Go. 2游戲,
螞蟻和卵石
在土壤里,每一石塊都是文字,
被沖刷而成的卵石
大理石:鑲嵌起來
經(jīng)過火和力的錘煉
結(jié)晶和沉淀,在熾熱中凝聚
一切都改變了,思想,
還有事物。