筆記 ◎辛波絲卡 (林蔚昀譯)
活著──這是唯一的途徑
長滿綠葉
在沙灘上喘息
展翅飛翔
當一條狗
或是撫摸狗溫暖的皮毛
把痛
和所有不是痛的東西分開
處在各種事件裡
或是在風景中迷失
在所有的錯誤之中尋找那個最輕微的
這是一個難得的機會
你可以在一瞬之間記得
在那熄滅的燈旁邊
曾經有過什麼樣的對話
至少一次
被石頭絆倒
或是在某場雨中淋濕
把鑰匙忘在草地上
或是以目光追隨風中的火星
同時不斷地
不知道某件重要的事
A Note
Life is the only way
to get covered in leaves,
catch your breath on the sand,
rise on wings;
to be a dog,
or stroke its warm fur;
to tell pain
from everything it's not;
to squeeze inside events,
dawdle in views,
to seek the least of all possible mistakes.
An extraordinary chance
to remember for a moment
a conversation held
with the lamp switched off;
and if only once
to stumble upon a stone,
end up soaked in one downpour or another,
mislay your keys in the grass;
and to follow a spark on the wind with your eyes;
and to keep on not knowing
something important.