track / tomas tranströmer

translated by robert bly


2 AM: moonlight. The train has stopped
out in a field. Far off sparks of light from a town,
flickering coldly on the horizon.


As when a man goes so deep into his dream
he will never remember that he was there
when he returns again to his room.


Or when a person goes so deep into a sickness
that his days all become some flickering sparks, a swarm,
feeble and cold on the horizon.


The train is entirely motionless.
2 o’clock: strong moonlight, few stars.

我拙劣的翻譯：

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凌晨兩點：月光。火車停在
一片野地上。遠遠隔著小鎮閃爍的火光
在地平線上冷冷飄搖閃亮

當一個人深入他的夢
他再次回到房間時
就不會記得身處何方

或者當一個人深入他的病症
他的時日便全變成地平線上一些閃爍的火花，一群蜂，
虛弱以及冰冷

火車完全靜止了
兩點鐘：月光旺盛，星星寥落