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< ><STRONG>诗艺</STRONG></P>
< ><BR>(美)阿奇博德·麦克利什<BR><BR>诗应该可触,应该哑然<BR>如一枚圆圆的鲜果,<BR><BR>应该沉默,<BR>犹如旧奖章触着拇指,<BR><BR>寂静如被衣袖磨平的窗台石架<BR>上面长满了苔藓---<BR><BR>诗应该不着一字<BR>一如鸟儿的飞行。<BR><BR>诗在时间中应该纹丝不动<BR>像月亮爬升,<BR><BR>抛却,如月亮松开<BR>黑夜缠绕的树林一枝接一枝。<BR><BR>抛却,如冬天叶片后的月亮<BR>大脑的一点一点记忆---<BR><BR>诗在时间中应该纹丝不动<BR>如月亮爬升。<BR><BR>诗应该等于:<BR>并非是真。<BR><BR>因为所有的悲伤史<BR>不过一道空荡荡的门口和一片枫叶。<BR><BR>爱,也不过<BR>一蓬倾倒的草丛,海上的两点光---<BR><BR><BR>诗不应该有所指,<BR>而就是。<BR><BR><BR><BR>Ars Poetica<BR><BR> by Archibald MacLeish(1892 - 1982) <BR><BR>A poem should be palpable and mute<BR>As a globed fruit,<BR><BR>Dumb<BR>As old medallions to the thumb,<BR><BR>Silent as the sleeve-worn stone<BR>Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—<BR><BR>A poem should be wordless<BR>As the flight of birds.<BR><BR>A poem should be motionless in time<BR>As the moon climbs,<BR><BR>Leaving, as the moon releases<BR>Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,<BR><BR>Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,<BR>Memory by memory the mind—<BR><BR>A poem should be motionless in time<BR>As the moon climbs.<BR><BR>A poem should be equal to:<BR>Not true.<BR><BR>For all the history of grief<BR>An empty doorway and a maple leaf.<BR><BR>For love<BR>The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea—<BR><BR>A poem should not mean<BR>But be.</P> |
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