试译：喀耳刻的魔力 路易丝·格吕克
喀耳刻的魔力
路易丝·格吕克
我从未把任何人变成一头猪。
有些人本来就是猪；我让他们
看起来也是猪样。
我厌恶你的种种
用外表掩饰内心。你的手下不算坏
是无节制的生活
导致他们如此。像猪一样，
在我和我的使女们的
眷顾下，他们
随即陷入迷香
然后我反转了咒语，给你看我的仁慈
还有我的魔力。我感到
我们在这里可以很快活
就像男人和女人那样
欲求很简单。话甫一出口，
我已预感到你的离去
你的人，在我助力下，无惧
这咆哮，这激荡的海洋。你觉得
几滴泪就能让我难过？我的朋友
每个女巫
内心都冷酷无情；无人能洞察根本
如果他不能直面界限。如果我想留住你
我会留你为囚犯。
Circe's Power
by Louise Glück
I never turned anyone into a pig.
Some people are pigs; I make them
Look like pigs.
I'm sick of your world
That lets the outside disguise the inside. Your men weren't bad men;
Undisciplined life
Did that to them. As pigs,
Under the care of
Me and my ladies, they
Sweetened right up.
Then I reversed the spell, showing you my goodness
As well as my power. I saw
We could be happy here,
As men and women are
When their needs are simple. In the same breath,
I foresaw your departure,
Your men with my help braving
The crying and pounding sea. You think
A few tears upset me? My friend,
Every sorceress is
A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't
Face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you
I could hold you prisoner.
路易丝·格吕克
我从未把任何人变成一头猪。
有些人本来就是猪；我让他们
看起来也是猪样。
我厌恶你的种种
用外表掩饰内心。你的手下不算坏
是无节制的生活
导致他们如此。像猪一样，
在我和我的使女们的
眷顾下，他们
随即陷入迷香
然后我反转了咒语，给你看我的仁慈
还有我的魔力。我感到
我们在这里可以很快活
就像男人和女人那样
欲求很简单。话甫一出口，
我已预感到你的离去
你的人，在我助力下，无惧
这咆哮，这激荡的海洋。你觉得
几滴泪就能让我难过？我的朋友
每个女巫
内心都冷酷无情；无人能洞察根本
如果他不能直面界限。如果我想留住你
我会留你为囚犯。
Circe's Power
by Louise Glück
I never turned anyone into a pig.
Some people are pigs; I make them
Look like pigs.
I'm sick of your world
That lets the outside disguise the inside. Your men weren't bad men;
Undisciplined life
Did that to them. As pigs,
Under the care of
Me and my ladies, they
Sweetened right up.
Then I reversed the spell, showing you my goodness
As well as my power. I saw
We could be happy here,
As men and women are
When their needs are simple. In the same breath,
I foresaw your departure,
Your men with my help braving
The crying and pounding sea. You think
A few tears upset me? My friend,
Every sorceress is
A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't
Face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you
I could hold you prisoner.
