Ars Poetica -- 翻译练习（诗艺）

Ars Poetica by A. MacLeish (1892 - 1982)

诗艺 [美] 阿奇博尔德·麦克利什

A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit, Dumb As old medallions to the thumb, Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown— A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds.                  * A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs, Leaving, as the moon releases Twig by twig the night-entangled trees, Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves, Memory by memory the mind— A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs.                   * A poem should be equal to: Not true. For all the history of grief An empty doorway and a maple leaf. For love The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea— A poem should not mean But be.

一首诗，应喻而不言 浑然如果实 无语 如古老的勋章触及手指 静默如袖底日薄的窗台石 其上青苔渐已参差—— 一首诗须不着一字 如鸟过清池 * 一首诗，应在时间之外 如明月徘徊 离去，如月光 将树与夜的纠结一枝一枝解开 放下，如月落残叶， 一念接一念那心怀—— 一首诗应在时间之外 如明月徘徊 * 诗的本质 非实非真 给所有悲伤的历史 一扇空荡荡的门和一片红枫 给爱 低伏的草和海上的两盏灯—— 诗不应意指 诗即本身