論孤獨杨牧

ON SOLITUDE史春波, 乔治·奥康奈尔 译


縱使古來所有排行,定位的天體
The stars that steered through history
都已在無意識中紛紛流失,朝向
have withered to lightless skies, oblivion.
極暗的氣層飛去,惟我勉強抵抗著
Yet I remain, resisting
四面襲到,累積的黑,端坐幻化的
as darkness floods my shadow.
樹下,把人間的心事一併劃歸屬我有
Beneath one tree,
警覺孤獨成形
I take up the human heart,

startled by this solitude.
但我也寧可選擇孤獨,有人說

言畢遂滅絕於泡影。感性的
I prefer it. Some say
文字不再指稱未來多義
utterance only ends in air.
甚至不如那晚夏的薔薇
Sensual words no longer speak
在稀薄的暖流中不象徵甚麼地
for uncertain futures,
對著一隻蜂
as a rose in the breeze of late summer

merely lures the bee.
這樣推算前路,以迴旋之姿

肯定手勢無誤。現在穿過大片蘆葦──
The gestured path is true,
光陰的逆旅──美的極致
circling through reeds
現在蛻除程式的身體
where time can rest
完成單一靈魂。且止步
and beauty finds perfection.

Now the flesh may shed formality
聽雁在冷天高處啼
in reaching one’s own soul.

Listen. High up, in the cold,
wild geese calling.


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