From one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation P...
From one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation Prize.
Nothing can ever happen twice.
In consequence, the sorry fact is
That we arrive here improvised
And leave without the chance to practice.
Even if there is no one dumber,
If you’re the planet’s biggest dunce,
You can’t repeat the class in summer:
This course is only offered once.
No days copies yesterday,
No two nights will teach what bliss is
In precisely the same way,
With exactly the same kisses.
One day, perhaps, some idle tongue
Mentions your name by accident:
I feel as if a rose were flung
Into the room, all hue and scent.
The next day, though you’re here with me,
I can’t help looking at the clock:
A rose? A rose? What could that be?
Is it a flower or a rock?
Why do we treat the fleeting day
With so much needless fear and sorrow?
It’s in its nature not to stay:
Today is alway... (查看原文)
0 有用 两寸 2012-06-26 21:33:30
敏感，精确，不滥情
0 有用 J.W 2013-03-02 18:31:50
她的诗美得不可方物，如微微扬起的嘴角，毫不矫揉的媚眼。
0 有用 Hildegard 2007-12-12 15:36:16
UMlib PG7178Z9
0 有用 Ying 2012-02-13 06:55:47
一看诗歌我的英文的破烂程度就突显出来
0 有用 PNMJ 2021-03-30 12:47:07
有一些伤心的碎片，并没有找到我在寻找的东西，但是很好