我的上帝---呐石译
我的上帝个子矮小,总是穿着牛仔裤,
游泳时他是一只慵懒的青蛙。
他总是赤着双手把花园打理。
我的上帝常看深夜时重播的脱口秀。
我的上帝可以升空却喜欢走楼梯
如果可以,更喜欢消防滑竿。
我的上帝热爱熏肉,惧怕鲨鱼。
我的上帝认为只有水
才能让一个国家轮廓分明。他也认为,
我们最终会在耳烛下聚在一起。
我的上帝总是嚼口香糖,从不用牙线。
我的上帝阅读普鲁斯特,却从未大学毕业。
他笑了因为听到失重的宇航员说,
我的上帝,我的上帝。
我的上帝正在编织一件超大的毛衣。
我的上帝正在教他的猎犬乞食。
我的上帝不想要冰山。
我的上帝不想要大砍刀。有时,
一只麻雀停歇在他的双手
他温柔地把手合拢。它从不想离开
所以它根本不会察觉,如果它尝试飞离,
我的上帝会抓得很紧,我的上帝,我的上帝。
My God-----By Sandra Beasley
My god is a short god. My god wears jeans.
When he swims, he has a lazy breaststroke.
When he gardens, he uses his bare hands.
My god watches reruns of late night talk shows.
My god could levitate but prefers the stairs
and if available, the fireman’s pole. My god
loves bacon. My god’s afraid of sharks.
My god thinks the only way to define a country
is with water. My god thinks eventually,
we will come around on ear candling. My god
spits chaw. My god never flosses.
My god reads Proust. My god never
graduated. He smiles when astronauts reach
zero gravity and say My god, My god.
My god is knitting one very big sweater.
My god is teaching his terrier to beg.
My god didn’t mean for icebergs. My god
didn’t mean for machetes. Sometimes
a sparrow lands in the hands of my god
and he cups it, gently. It never wants to leave
and so, it never notices that even if it tried
my god has too good a grip, my god, my god. |