14.2 《I Sing the Body Electric 》

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<p class="ql-block">—— by Walt Whitman </p><p class="ql-block">本周继续翻译这首作品的第二小节。诗人如素描一般用语言描绘了不同人物的神态,展现对人体、进尔到人类伟大品质的热爱。</p> <p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">14.2 I Sing the Body Electric </p><p class="ql-block">—-by Walt Whitman </p><p class="ql-block">2 </p><p class="ql-block">The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account, </p><p class="ql-block">That of the male is perfect, and that of the female is perfect. </p><p class="ql-block">The expression of the face balks account, </p><p class="ql-block">But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face, </p><p class="ql-block">It is in his limbs and joints also, it is curiously in the joints of his hips and wrists, </p><p class="ql-block">It is in his walk, the carriage of his neck, the flex of his waist and knees, dress does not hide him, </p><p class="ql-block">The strong sweet quality he has strikes through the cotton and broadcloth, </p><p class="ql-block">To see him pass conveys as much as the best poem, perhaps more, </p><p class="ql-block">You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side. </p><p class="ql-block">The sprawl and fulness of babes, the bosoms and heads of women, the folds of their dress, their style as we pass in the street, the contour of their shape downwards, </p><p class="ql-block">The swimmer naked in the swimming-bath, seen as he swims through the transparent green-shine, or lies with his face up and rolls silently to and fro in the heave of the water, </p><p class="ql-block">The bending forward and backward of rowers in row-boats, the horseman in his saddle, </p><p class="ql-block">Girls, mothers, house-keepers, in all their performances, </p><p class="ql-block">The group of laborers seated at noon-time with their open dinner-kettles, and their wives waiting, </p><p class="ql-block">The female soothing a child, the farmer’s daughter in the garden or cow-yard, </p><p class="ql-block">The young fellow hoeing corn, the sleigh-driver driving his six horses through the crowd, </p><p class="ql-block">The wrestle of wrestlers, two apprentice-boys, quite grown, lusty, good-natured, native-born, out on the vacant lot at sun-down after work, </p><p class="ql-block">The coats and caps thrown down, the embrace of love and resistance, </p><p class="ql-block">The upper-hold and under-hold, the hair rumpled over and blinding the eyes; </p><p class="ql-block">The march of firemen in their own costumes, the play of masculine muscle through clean-setting trowsers and waist-straps, </p><p class="ql-block">The slow return from the fire, the pause when the bell strikes suddenly again, and the listening on the , </p><p class="ql-block">The natural, perfect, varied attitudes, the bent head, the curv’d neck and the counting; </p><p class="ql-block">Such-like I love—I loosen myself, pass freely, am at the mother’s breast with the little child, </p><p class="ql-block">Swim with the swimmers, wrestle with wrestlers, march in line with the firemen, and pause, listen, count.</p><p class="ql-block">毋需形容对男性或女性的躯体的爱恋,</p><p class="ql-block">毋需形容躯体自身,</p><p class="ql-block">那男性的完美,女性的完美。</p><p class="ql-block">毋需形容面部表情,</p><p class="ql-block">但一位体格完好的男性的神采不只表现在面部,</p><p class="ql-block">还有四肢与关节,</p><p class="ql-block">还有奇妙的胯、腕的连接,</p><p class="ql-block">还有步态、颈部的扭动,</p><p class="ql-block">还有灵活的腰与膝。</p><p class="ql-block">衣服无法掩饰,</p><p class="ql-block">从棉绒布料下透出他强劲的令人惬意的气质。</p><p class="ql-block">目送他走过如同读一首</p><p class="ql-block">最美的诗,也许不止,</p><p class="ql-block">你流连着他的背影,</p><p class="ql-block">从脖颈到肩头。</p><p class="ql-block">孩童胖嘟嘟四肢乱动,</p><p class="ql-block">妇人们的头和胸</p><p class="ql-block">他们衣服上的褶痕,</p><p class="ql-block">他们在街上与我擦肩而过时的样子,</p><p class="ql-block">他们俯身的轮廓。 </p><p class="ql-block">泳池中的裸泳者</p><p class="ql-block">沐浴在明澈的碧水波光中,</p><p class="ql-block">时而仰面,时面安静的在荡漾的细波中游来游去。</p><p class="ql-block">前俯后仰的划艇者,</p><p class="ql-block">座骑上的骑手,</p><p class="ql-block">姑娘、母亲和主妇们,</p><p class="ql-block">各自忙碌着自己的角色。</p><p class="ql-block">成群的工人正坐着午休,他们的妻子在一旁等待,午餐水壶烧开。</p><p class="ql-block">一位女子在安抚孩子,</p><p class="ql-block">农场主的女儿正在花园中,</p><p class="ql-block">或许是牛圈也说不定。</p><p class="ql-block">小伙子锄玉米正忙,</p><p class="ql-block">耕犂的人赶着六匹马的犂车从人群中穿过。</p><p class="ql-block">摔角者在摔角,</p><p class="ql-block">是两个小学徒,</p><p class="ql-block">半大小子、结实、善良、土生土长,</p><p class="ql-block">工作之余在夕阳下的空场上,</p><p class="ql-block">外套、帽子丢一旁,</p><p class="ql-block">爱的拥抱与抵抗,</p><p class="ql-block">上擒抱,下擒抱,</p><p class="ql-block">头发凌乱,遮住了眼睛。</p><p class="ql-block">身着制服的消防战士行进而来,</p><p class="ql-block">整洁的裤子和腰带展示着雄性的力量,</p><p class="ql-block">从火场缓缓归来,短暂的间隙,突然铃声再响,</p><p class="ql-block">听到火警铃声的那一刻,</p><p class="ql-block">自然、完美,各自不同的神态,</p><p class="ql-block">俯首,曲颈,报数。</p><p class="ql-block">我爱这每一幕,</p><p class="ql-block">放松自己,自由穿梭,</p><p class="ql-block">与孩童一同依偎母亲怀抱,</p><p class="ql-block">与游泳者共泳,</p><p class="ql-block">与摔角者角力,</p><p class="ql-block">与消防战士同行,</p><p class="ql-block">暂停、倾听、报数。</p><p class="ql-block">——Frances 04/10/2021</p> <p class="ql-block">2</p><p class="ql-block">对男女躯体的爱无需言说,</p><p class="ql-block">人的躯体本身无需言说。</p><p class="ql-block">无论男女的躯体都很完美,</p><p class="ql-block">人们脸上的表情也无需言说。</p><p class="ql-block">好身材男人的表情</p><p class="ql-block">可不只表现在脸上,</p><p class="ql-block">也在四肢和关节中,</p><p class="ql-block">甚至还在臀部和手腕关节中,</p><p class="ql-block">在行走中,在脖子摆动中,</p><p class="ql-block">在腰和膝盖的弯曲中,</p><p class="ql-block">也在衣着中 !</p><p class="ql-block">他那强烈甜美的气质</p><p class="ql-block">甚至透过了棉布和阔棉布,</p><p class="ql-block">就像最好的诗一样,</p><p class="ql-block">甚至更多,甚至到他远去。</p><p class="ql-block">你会留恋他的背影,</p><p class="ql-block">关注他的后颈和肩头。</p><p class="ql-block">你再看胖乎乎婴儿的伸展,</p><p class="ql-block">还有妇女的胸和头,</p><p class="ql-block">她们衣服的褶皱,</p><p class="ql-block">我们走在街上看到她们的风格,</p><p class="ql-block">她们的身材向下的轮廓。</p><p class="ql-block">有裸泳者在游泳池游泳,</p><p class="ql-block">他在透明的绿光中游泳,</p><p class="ql-block">或者仰面躺着,</p><p class="ql-block">或在波浪中静静地</p><p class="ql-block">来回翻转身。</p><p class="ql-block">划艇的桨手身体不断前后摆动,</p><p class="ql-block">骑手骑在马鞍上奔驰,</p><p class="ql-block">女孩,母亲,还有管家</p><p class="ql-block">都各忙各的。</p><p class="ql-block">到中午了,</p><p class="ql-block">工人们坐着休息,</p><p class="ql-block">他们的水壶烧开了,</p><p class="ql-block">他们的妻子在一旁陪着。</p><p class="ql-block">有女人在花园或牛场哄孩子,</p><p class="ql-block">那是农夫家的女孩;</p><p class="ql-block">有年轻人在锄玉米地,</p><p class="ql-block">还有雪橇车夫</p><p class="ql-block">赶着六匹马穿过人群。</p><p class="ql-block">两个摔跤学员正练习扭打,</p><p class="ql-block">他们已经长大了,</p><p class="ql-block">精力充沛,性情温和,</p><p class="ql-block">都是本地人,</p><p class="ql-block">下班后在一块空地上,</p><p class="ql-block">脱掉外套和帽子,</p><p class="ql-block">爱和反抗兼备的拥抱,</p><p class="ql-block">上抓和下抓,</p><p class="ql-block">头发弄乱了,</p><p class="ql-block">还遮挡了视线。</p><p class="ql-block">消防员穿着他们制服行军,</p><p class="ql-block">整洁的裤子和腰带</p><p class="ql-block">掩不住男性的肌肉,</p><p class="ql-block">从火场缓缓转身,</p><p class="ql-block">铃声突然再响时的停顿,</p><p class="ql-block">以及全神贯注的倾听,</p><p class="ql-block">自然的,完美的,多变的姿势,</p><p class="ql-block">低垂的头,弯曲的脖子,</p><p class="ql-block">还有报数的动作。</p><p class="ql-block">就像我喜欢的样子,我放松自己,</p><p class="ql-block">轻松地扫描关注这一切,</p><p class="ql-block">就像和孩子一起躺在妈妈的怀里,</p><p class="ql-block">和游泳运动员一起游泳,</p><p class="ql-block">和摔跤运动员一起摔跤,</p><p class="ql-block">和消防队员一起行进,</p><p class="ql-block">暂停,聆听,报数。</p><p class="ql-block">——贾德星03/10/2021</p> <p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">14.2 I Sing the Body Electric </p><p class="ql-block">—-by Walt Whitman </p><p class="ql-block">2 </p><p class="ql-block">身体之爱不分男女,亦无需多言,男人完美,女人无瑕。</p><p class="ql-block">人美不只在脸,还在四肢关节,更奇在腕胯,步态,脖颈,在腰膝柔韧,且非衣装能遮。</p><p class="ql-block">强壮健美能穿透布料,看他走过,如诗如歌,令你欲罢不能,禁不住追望其项背肩胛。</p><p class="ql-block">婴儿舒展丰润,女人脸乳裙褶,仪态万方,</p><p class="ql-block">我们在街上路过,他们的身影渐下。</p><p class="ql-block">裸泳者游过透澈粼粼碧水,或静静地仰泳于涌动的水中。划船者前仰后合,骑马者端坐马鞍。</p><p class="ql-block">姑娘们,母亲们,管家们各司其职。劳工们中午坐在打开的壶边,妻子们在旁等候。</p><p class="ql-block">女人哄着孩子,农夫的女儿在花园或牛棚里,小伙子锄着玉米,车夫驾着他的六马犁车穿过人群,摔跤手在摔跤。</p><p class="ql-block">两个学徒悄悄长大,成了结实和善的本地人。黄昏放工后,在外面空地上,脱衣扔帽,爱恨攻防,上下拼搏,乱发遮眼。</p><p class="ql-block">消防员制服整齐地行进,干净利落的裤子和腰带尽显强壮。他们刚从火场从容归来,警报突然再响,立刻停下仔细倾听,自然完美地各就各位,低头、曲颈、报数。</p><p class="ql-block">我爱这一切,令我放松自在,如和婴儿一起在母亲怀里,和人们一起游泳,摔跤,和消防员一起行进,停顿、倾听、报数。</p><p class="ql-block">——刘晓红2021.10.5.</p> <p class="ql-block">图片来自网络,为瑞典大师Anders Zorn 的素描作品。</p>