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Nearing Again the Legendary Isle Where sirens sang and mariners were skinned, We wonder now what was there to beguile That such stout fellows left their bones behind. Those chorus-girls are surely past their prime, Voices grow shrill and paint is wearing thin, Lips hat sealed up the sense from gnawing time Now beg the favour with a graveyard grin. We have no flesh to spare and they can't bite, Hunger and sweat have stripped up to the bone; A skeleton crew we toil upon the tide And mock the theme-song meant to lure us on; No need to stop the ears, avert the eyes From purple rhetoric of evening skies. C. Day Lewis (1904-1972) 再臨傳說嶼 再臨傳說嶼：有女妖歌唱和骨瘦如柴水手定居的那一座。 我們現在會疑惑，這座島嶼究竟哪裏迷惑凡人來著。 那些大個兒水手只剩骨架，而那些歌姬早已過氣、音沙色衰。 她們的雙唇緊閉，對過往那段苦痛歲月守口如瓶， 如今卻又為誘使過往船員，而浮現一絲蒼涼的苦笑。 我們沒有多餘的肉可施捨，他們也嚼不動了， 飢餓與汗水已將他們剝削見骨。 我們在險浪中遇到這支骷髏航隊， 並且嘲弄那首本要迷惑我輩的主題歌。 無需掩耳、不用遮眼， 我們會自那瀰漫紫霞的臨暗天際泊過。 (試譯第20屆梁實秋詩文翻譯獎新詩之一) |
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