【译诗】
《观察乌鸫的十三种方式》 （注
1）
【美】 卧理士
斯蒂文斯
译：
张崇殷
1
周围二十座雪山，
唯一动弹的
是乌鸫的眼睛。
2
我有三种心思，
像一棵树
上面栖有三只乌鸫。
3
乌鸫鸟在秋风里盘旋。
是哑剧中一小部分。
4
一个男人和女人
合为整体。
一个男人、女人与一只乌鸫
是为一整体。
5
我不知道更青睐哪个，
是音变的美
还是暗指的美，
是乌鸫正啼鸣
亦或之后。
6
垂冰用粗粝的玻璃
敷满了长窗。
飞掠，来回穿梭。
情绪
在影子中踪迹出
一个难以破解的原由。
7
噢瘦削的哈丹男子
（注2）
你们为何想象金鸟？
难道没看见乌鸫是怎样
围绕着你身边的
女人的双脚行走？
8
我知道高贵的音调
还有明晰的、无可避免的节奏；
但是，我也明白，
我所知晓的一切
都与乌鸫有关。
9
当乌鸫鸟飞出视野，
它标界出了
无数圆圈之一的边缘。
10
一看到乌鸫
在绿光中飞行，
连卖弄音嗓的鸨母们
都会尖叫起来。
11
他驰过康涅狄格州
（注3）
乘驾玻璃马车。
一次，恐惧刺穿了他，
恐惧中他误把
他全副装配的影子
当作乌鸫。
12
河水在流移。
乌鸫必定在飞翔。
13
整个下午都近昏暝。
天下着雪
还将继续下下去。
乌鸫鸟踞坐
在雪松肢间。
2013.11.28 大兴
注1：乌鸫，一种黑色鸟类。在欧亚广泛分布，北美较稀少。
注2：哈丹，地名。在美国康涅狄格州，曾经盛行淘金热。
注2：康涅狄格州，美国一州名。在美国东北部海岸，首府哈特福德。地域狭小，但教育驰名。
【原诗】
Thirteen Way of Looking at A
Blackbird
Wallace
Stevens
I
Among
twenty snowy mountains,
The only
moving thing
Was the
eye of the blackbird.
II
I was of
three minds,
Like a
tree
In which
there are three blackbirds.
III
The
blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a
small part of the pantomime.
IV
A man
and a woman
Are
one.
A man
and a woman and a blackbird
Are
one.
V
I do not
know which to prefer,
The
beauty of inflections
Or the
beauty of innuendos,
The
blackbird whistling
Or just
after.
VI
Icicles
filled the long window
With
barbaric glass.
The
shadow of the blackbird
crossed
it, to and fro.
The
mood
Traced
in the shadow
An
indecipherable cause.
VII
O thin
men of Haddam,
Why do
you imagine golden birds?
Do you
not see how the blackbird
Walks
around the feet
Of the
women about you?
VIII
I know
noble accents
And
lucid, inescapable rhythms;
But I
know, too,
That the
blackbird is involved
In what
I know.
IX
When the
blackbird flew out of sight,
It
marked the edge
Of one
of many circles.
X
At the
sight of blackbirds
Flying
in a green light,
Even the
bawds of euphony
Would
cry out sharply.
XI
He rode
over Connecticut
In a
glass coach.
Once, a
fear pierced him,
In that
he mistook
The
shadow of his equipage
For
blackbirds.
XII
The
river is moving.
The
blackbird must be flying.
XIII
It was
evening all afternoon.
It was
snowing
And it
was going to snow.
The
blackbird sat
In the
cedar-limbs.
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