翻译:金斯伯格《嚎叫》(第二部分)

这一部分是带有音乐感的朗诵诗,排比句非常有气势,很适合吟唱或者在公共场合宣读。诗歌大部分在描述“火神”这个魔鬼化身的“天神”,将美国掌控,让人们为它献出生命,它是“吃人的”资本主义的化身,人们对金钱的盲目崇拜导致妖怪火神的力量日益壮大,甚至它要进入天堂,最后被发怒的上帝降下洪水,惩罚信奉邪教和自甘堕落的人类,最后的船就是诺亚方舟,只留下了真正有信仰的“疯狂一代”。

开头的sphinx指的是古埃及斯芬克斯怪(狮身人面像),在希腊神话中,赫拉派斯芬克斯坐在忒拜城附近的悬崖上,拦住过往的路人,用缪斯所传授的谜语问他们,猜不中者就会被它吃掉,为了方便理解,我意译为“谜语神”。

Moloch摩洛克是一个与火焰密切相关的神祇,常被翻译为火神。因为与其有关的迦南及巴比伦信仰伴随着将孩童烧死献祭的习俗,故其被后世称为邪恶丑陋的魔鬼。


HOWL 《嚎叫》
金斯伯格
翻译:邓莹
II
What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open
哪个水泥和铝做的谜语神
their skulls and ate up their brains and imagi-
砸开他们的头骨吃光了他们的大脑
nation?
和想象力?
Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unob
吃人的火神!孤独!肮脏!丑陋!求之不得的
tainable dollars! Children screaming under the
一文不值的美金!小孩在楼梯下尖叫!
stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men
男孩在军队中啜泣!
weeping in the parks!
老人在公园里流泪!
Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the
火神!火神!梦魇的火神!无情的火神!
loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy
喜怒无常的火神!
judger of men!
审判人类的火神!
Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the
火神是高深莫测的监狱!
crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of
火神是悲痛的国会和无情的看守所!
sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment!
火神的神殿是审判!
Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stun-
火神的纪念碑是无尽的征战!
ned governments!
火神是错愕的政府!
Moloch whose mind is pure machinery! Moloch whose
火神的头脑是机器!火神的血液是金钱!
blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers
火神的手指是军队!
are ten armies! Moloch whose breast is a canni-
火神的乳房是吃人的发电机!
bal dynamo! Moloch whose ear is a smoking
火神的耳朵是冒烟的坟头!
tomb!
Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows!
火神的眼睛是千扇盲窗!
Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long
火神的摩天大厦像无数个耶和华
streets like endless Jehovahs! Moloch whose fac-
伫立在长街上!
tories dream and croak in the fog! Moloch whose
火神的工厂在雾霾的睡梦中呓语!
smokestacks and antennae crown the cities!
火神的烟囱和天线给城市戴上皇冠!
Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch
火神的爱是绵绵不绝的石头和油!
whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch
火神的灵魂是电和银行!
whose poverty is the specter of genius! Moloch
火神的渴望是天才的幽灵!
whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen!
火神的宿命是性冷淡的氢化云!
Moloch whose name is the Mind!
火神的名字叫思想!
Moloch in whom I sit lonely! Moloch in whom I dream
我坐在火神的孤寂中!我梦到火神的天使!
Angels! Crazy in Moloch! Cocksucker in
火神的疯狂!火神的鸡奸!
Moloch! Lacklove and manless in Moloch!
火神的没人爱和没人性!
Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom
火神早就侵入我的魂灵!
I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch
我是火神的一个意识却没有身体!
who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy!
火神把我吓得魂不附体!
Moloch whom I abandon! Wake up in Moloch!
火神我要把你离弃!在火神中苏醒!
Light streaming out of the sky!
天空放出光明!
Moloch! Moloch! Robot apartments! invisible suburbs!
火神!火神!机器公寓!看不见的郊区!
skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic
白骨金库!瞎子船长!魔鬼工业!
industries! spectral nations! invincible mad
幽灵国家!战无不胜的疯人院!
houses! granite cocks! monstrous bombs!
岩石鸡巴!畸形炸弹!
They broke their backs lifting Moloch to Heaven! Pave-
他们为了把火神抬上天堂而把脊背压弯!
ments, trees, radios, tons! lifting the city to
人行道,树木,广播,千千万万!
Heaven which exists and is everywhere about
把城市抬上那个处处为了我们而存在的
us!
天堂!
Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies!
幻象!预兆!错觉!奇迹!狂喜!
gone down the American river!
随着美国之河奔流!
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions! the whole
梦想!崇拜!启示!信仰!
boatload of sensitive bullshit!
敏感词胡说八道装满船!
Breakthroughs! over the river! flips and crucifixions!
决堤!冲毁!翻腾与苦难!
gone down the flood! Highs! Epiphanies! De-
随着洪水奔流!涨高!顿悟!绝望!
spairs! Ten years' animal screams and suicides!
十年的动物自杀惨叫!
Minds! New loves! Mad generation! down on
思想!新爱!疯狂的一代!
the rocks of Time!
奔向时代的暗礁!
Real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the
河里显现神圣的微笑!他们全都看到!
wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell!
狂热的眼!神圣的呐喊!他们互相道别!
They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving!
他们跳下屋顶!对孤独!说拜拜!
carrying flowers! Down to the river! into the
手捧鲜花!随着河流!
street!
走到街上!
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