库尼 伯特灵魂诉说 （英诗中译）

吕丁倩

Cooney Potter

I inherited forty acres from my Father

And, by working my wife, my two sons and two daughters

From dawn to dusk, I acquired

A thousand acres. But not content,

Wishing to own two thousand acres,

I bustled through the years with axe and plow,

Toiling, denying myself, my wife, my sons, my

daughters.

Squire Higbee wrongs me to say

That I died from smoking Red Eagle cigars.

Eating hot pie and gulping coffee

During the scorching hours of harvest time

Brought me here ere I had reached my sixtieth year.

 

End

The hard of life of a farmer, Clooney Potter who passed away. His narrative reflects the life in the Midwest at that time. 

库尼 伯特灵魂的诉说

我继承父亲的四十亩遗产，

催促太太和两双儿女都下地，

从清早干活到天黑，让我有幸挣得

一千亩地。可是我还不满足，

渴望拥有两千亩。

揣着斧子扛着犁耙，我长年在地里忙碌，

劳苦又节俭，苛求太太儿女无例外，

乡绅赫格比错怪我，

他说抽红鹰牌香烟导致我猝死。

在那个收获的季节里，烈日暴晒，

我吞吃热馅饼，大口喝咖啡，

把自己送进这坟墓，我还未及六十岁。



（完）

勺子村的墓园里，已去世的村民们的灵魂在互诉生前轶事。库尼 伯特的灵魂诉说自己艰辛劳动. 反映美国中西部农民在十九世纪初的生活状态。



虚拟的勺子村墓地， 村民们的灵魂在此倾诉各自生前轶事。

译文原创/ 吕丁倩

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