001-Poem/詩

　
詩

我聽說有個男人
他的言語極其美麗
只要他唸出哪個女人的名
那女人就會對他獻身。

假使我躺在你身旁卻像個啞巴
爾時寂靜開花彷彿腫瘤長在我們唇上
此乃因我聽見門外有個男人一邊爬著樓梯
一邊清他的喉嚨。

─李歐納柯恩《讓我們比擬神話》1956

─13 譯自《異地樂章》1993 / 2009.7

POEM

I heard of a man
who says words so beautifully
that if he only speaks their name
women give themselves to him.

If I am dumb beside your body
while silence blossoms like tumuors on our lips
it is because I hear a man climb stairs
and clear his throat outside the door.

(by Leonard Cohen from "Let Us Compare Mythologies", 1956)

("Stranger Music--selected poems and songs", 1993)