[转载]ForLinKe【英译柏桦诗】
For Lin Ke
In Chengdu, a garden can be carefree but can hardly be
ancient
We drink over chicken sauce fried dumplings and peanuts
Not over bread, nor over onions or potatoes
The orange smells so good, unveiling
A twilight of childhood, and a mirror-the winter feel
The carton opened, smelling of biscuits, how come?
What smells good is young, and I've seen many
brand-new yogurt young men running against wind in biting
cold
---What smells good is also old, and I've seen many
translators drinking to the close of their respectful old age
A residence is ready for the simple man to settle down
But nobody can be sure that children like fairy tales
Is the mysterious key for unlocking only? Look:
Light is not for lighting only, it is also for vanishing
Oct.20, 2014
Chinese text by Bai Hua
July 16, 2018
Translated into English by Li Fukang
Note:
Lin Ke, professor of German language and literature at China
Chengdu-based Southwest Jiaotong University where the poet,
Bai
Hua, works as professor of Chinese literature. Lin is also a
famous
translator of major German language poets, including Georg
Trakl,
Rainer Maria Rilke, Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin, and
Novalis.
致林克
在成都，花园悠闲但很难古老
我们用鸡汁锅贴与花生米下酒
不是面包，更不是洋葱、土豆。
橘子的气味真是好闻呀，透来
一股童年的暮色，镜子——冬意
纸箱打开，怎么会有饼干味道？
香的总是年轻的，我见过多少
崭新的酸奶青年迎风跑过严寒
……香的也是老的，我见过多少
翻译家直喝到年高德劭的尽头
安身处已给淡泊之人准备停当
可谁说孩子们就一定喜欢童话
神秘的钥匙只为开门吗？请听：
灯光并不只为了照亮，也为了消失
注释一：“安身处已给淡泊之人准备停当”，见林克翻译的《特拉克尔全集》之《林边的角落》，重庆大学出版社，2014，第48页。
2014年10月20日