翻译Jane Kenyon简•凯尼恩-April Choress四月的家务

April Choress

When I take the chilly tools from the shed's darkness, I come out to a world made new by heat and light.

The snake basks and dozes on a large flat stone. It reared and scolded me for raking too close to its hole.

Like a mad red brain the involute rhubarb leaf thinks its way up through loam.

"April Chores" by Jane Kenyon, from Collected Poems. © Graywolf Press, 2005. Reprinted with permission

四月的家务

简·凯尼恩

当我拿起冰冷的工具

从工棚的黑暗里，我走出来

进入一个由热和光

创造的新世界。

蛇晒着太阳打着瞌睡

在一块平坦的大石上。

它竖起身体朝我吐着舌芯

因为我的耙子离它的洞穴太近。

就像一颗愤怒的红色大脑

内卷的大黄叶

琢磨着从泥土中

向上生长。

注：rhubarb是一种植物，这里的翻译将rhubarb leaf直译为大黄叶

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2019/7/14