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《日子》

                                 菲利普 拉金

                          译：  张崇殷

日子是做什么的？

日子是我们的住所。

他们来临，唤醒我们，

一次接着一次。

日子是该快乐度过的，

除了这里，我们到哪里生活？

呵，为解决这个问题，

延邀来了牧师和医生

穿着各自的长外套

奔过原野而来。

                2012.9 译

Days

                             Philip Larkin

What are days for?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days?

Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.