003-Lovers/愛人們

　
愛人們

第一次屠殺期間他們
相遇在家園的廢墟後面─
商人進行甜食交易：以她的愛
換取一整本寫滿歷史的詩集

然後在熱爐子旁邊他們
熟練地操作了一個簡單扼要的
吻在士兵進來
敲下她的金牙之前
　
而在熱情的熔爐深處
火舌越升越高
他努力親吻她著火的乳房
她在火中燃燒

之後他便經常思索：
他們的交易究竟完成了沒？
同時他身邊出現一群男性搶匪
而且他們清楚知道他早已被騙

─李歐納柯恩《讓我們比擬神話》1956
─13 譯自《異地樂章》1993 / 2009.7



LOVERS

During the first pogrom they
Met behind the ruins of their homes-
Sweet merchants trading: her love
For a history-full of poems.

And at the hot ovens they
Cunningly managed a brief
Kiss before the soldier came
To knock out her golden teeth.

And in the furnace itself fondly
As the flames flamed higher,
He tried to kiss her burning breasts
As she burned in the fire.

Later he often wondered:
Was their barter completed?
While men around him plundered
And knew he had been cheated

(by Leonard Cohen from "Let Us Compare Mythologies", 1956)
("Stranger Music--selected poems and songs", 1993)