The Camera Is a Small Room-照相机是小房间
The Camera Is a Small Room
Gregory O"brien (格雷戈里.奥布赖恩)
The camera is a small room
large enough for you or me
but one of us
will have to
stay outside. A small room
with a red hedge
bamboo grove
and mirrored sun.
The camera is a
home for old people. A small country
where the inhabitants
live simply
their long lives
pass swiftly. Trees grow
instantly to any size that suits.
The camera is a chatterbox
of the eyes
a barge on the faintly etched
surface of the harhour.
An article of hope
of fine weather
a brave new whirl
its cool ripe visions
slowly digesting the snake-earth.
照相机是小房间
译者 / 夏勤
照相机是个小房间
大得足以住进你和我
可我俩之一
将不得不
待在外面。一个小房间
有红篱笆一道
有竹林
和折射的太阳。
照相机是
老年人的家。一个小小国度
居民们过着
简单生活
他们的悠悠岁月
匆匆而过。树木在生长
顷刻长出任何一种适合的尺寸。
照相机是眼睛的
话匣子
又是微遭侵蚀的
海湾表层上的一只驳船。
一种天气晴朗
的希望
一种较好的新旋风
它的完美景象
正慢慢地消化蛇洞。
