2024-05-04 Star Wars Day

【Earthy Anecdote (1918)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        Every time the bucks went clattering

        Over Oklahoma

        A firecat bristled in the way.

        Wherever they went,

        They went clattering,

        Until they swerved,

        In a swift, circular line,

        To the right,

        Because of the firecat.

        Or until they swerved,

        In a swift, circular line,

        To the left,

        Because of the firecat.

        The bucks clattered.

        The firecat went leaping,

        To the right, to the left,

        And

        Bristled in the way.

        Later, the firecat closed his bright eyes

        And slept.

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【《塵世軼事》(1918)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

                每當雄鹿發出嘎嗒聲

                越過紅人州

                一隻火貓擋住了去路。

                無論走到哪裡，

                它們都發出嘎嗒聲，

                直到急轉彎，

                沿着快速環形線，

                向右邊，

                因為火貓。

                或者直到它們變換方位，

                沿着快速環形線，

                向右，

                因為火貓。

                雄鹿嘎嗒。

                火貓飛身跳躍，

                向右邊、向左邊，

                而且

                擋住了去路。

                然後，火貓閉上明眸

                睡下。

【注】星期天我輪到光華中文學校值班，巧遇各班級選拔出來的學生參加2024年年級識字比賽，將原來科班趣味性的記憶提高到現在紅包刺激性的比拼，不知國內初小的孩子是否也能體驗被奶爸寶媽哄着登上擂台的幸運，像眼前這些春天初綻的同期花朵一樣洋溢着隨性的笑容。

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