叶丹：雪梨考 | 汉诗英译

   雪梨考      叶 丹

废黄河像截可以重复点燃的

引线，葬送过多少个砀山

失意的落日。但是，甜引我至此，

“是淤积的沙滤去了黄河的

酸楚。”寻到良梨镇，乡道难以

消化那么多外省牌照的货车。

梨园隔着车窗以五码的速度

堵在视线里，像苦役那般看不到

尽头。不如停车，走进林中路，

看光线如何穿过叶隙的针眼

落入地面，比克里姆特①的技艺

还要精湛，陌生的梨农邀请我，

在他的焦虑里，所有的枝干

忍受着引力的权威，见证

甜的极限，将一座座袖珍湖泊

举在半空，拼成全新的星座。

“它们因为来自雪而冰洁，满是

前世的风格，天空肥沃，逢四月

就赐一场暴雪给本县的农民。”

“这尤物落地之前先赤身于空中婚床，

它越赤裸就越贞洁，才能冲入

轮回的磁场，等待阿多尼斯②来复盘。”

雪是一种来自殉道者的愿望。

“像今年这样流星频仍的年份，

梨格外得甜。你若是上树的话，

要牢记两点：梨必须手采，

不可坠地沾土，摘果子的人也需

禁欲，以免果肉如棉絮般松垮。”

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注①：克里姆特(Gustav Klimt) ：奥地利画家，画以繁复著称。

注②：阿多尼斯(Adonis)：希腊神话中的春季植物之神。

选自《诗刊》

The Truth about Pears

by Ye Dan

The oxbow ancient Yellow River at Dangshan

runs like a fuse that ignites a melancholic sunset.

But, it is the sweetness that lures me here,

“The silt has finally filtered the bitter acidity

of the Yellow River.” On my way here, at Sugar Pear Town*,

where the country road is crammed with out-of-town trucks,

I find myself stuck in traffic, endless vehicles queuing up

like gulag prisoners, and see pear orchard after pear orchard

outside the window. I park the car and walk into an orchard,

amazed by the sunlight flowing between profuse leaves

to reach the soil, far more elaborate than Klimt’s

paintings. A pear farmer welcomes me.

Under his intense care, all the pear branches

surrender to his custodial authority and evince

unrivaled sweetness, a canopy of mini dew ponds

in the air, like a galaxy of new constellations.

“Evolving from snow, they are cold and pure,

the best traits from the best lineage. The sky is fertile,

always bringing us farmers the gift of April snow.”

“This celestial being undresses herself in the sky,

before entering Earth’s magnetic field,

au naturel, maidenly, to start a new life with Adonis.”

Snow comes down like a martyr with a final wish.

“In a great year like this, full of meteor showers,

pears are delightfully sweet. If you climb up the tree,

please remember two things: pears are to be picked by hand,

unsoiled from a fall; in addition, the pear picker

must be chaste lest the pears become pulpy and saggy.”

叶丹，1985年生于安徽省歙县，现居合肥。出版有诗集《没膝的积雪》《花园长谈》《风物拼图》《方言》。

Translated by Duck Yard Lyricists

Duck Yard Lyricists is a group of devoted poetry lovers: Meifu Wang, Michael Soper, & Guy Hibbert.

本诗由 PATHSHARERS BOOKS（美国同道出版社）

Duck Yard Lyriists 翻译

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