三个顶奇怪的词

三个顶奇怪的词

维斯沃娃·辛波斯卡

当我说出“未来”，

初音已然属于过去。

当我说出“静默”，

我就将它打破。

当我说出“无有”，

我使某物横空脱出空无。

（翻译：大河原  2020.04.18）

The three oddest words

When I pronounce the word Future,

the first syllable already belongs to the past.

When I pronounce the word Silence,

I destroy it.

When I pronounce the word Nothing,

I make something no non-being can hold.

By Wislawa Szymborska

Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh

Copyright  Wislawa Szymborska, S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh