(1)伊丽莎白·毕肖普(Elizabeth Bishop)
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three beloved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
-- Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) a disaster.
失落的艺术不难掌握;
那么多事物充斥在一起
失去并不是灾难。
每天都失去些什么。因为丢掉门的
钥匙而失魂落魄,时间白白地熬过。
失落的艺术不难对付。
接着又失去得更远,更快;
地址、姓名,你本来要到那里
旅游,这一切不会给你带来灾难。
我丢了母亲的表。看!我最后的,
我几乎最后的可爱的归宿也已失去
失落的艺术不难对付。
我失掉两个可爱的城市。更远一点
两个我拥有的王国,两条河,一片大陆。
我想念他们,但这不是灾难。
-即使失去你(幽默的口气,
我爱用的手势)我也不会说谎。
这是事实失落的艺术不难对付
虽然它看上去象一场灾难。
李小贺译