被子 Nikki Giovanni , belliwether译

小艾

被子

为Sally Sellers而作


Nikki Giovanni


象一块褪色的布
我是一个失败者

再也不能在餐桌上铺满食物和笑声
我的皱纹已被磨损
衣服的拷边也已垂落
我再也没有力气
握紧冷和热

我渴望回到那些最初的时光
那些我曾用针严丝合缝的岁月
水无法渗过被驱逐的污秽
我的沉思曾让太阳眩晕

现在我已老去，但仍沉醉于记忆
对未尽之事的遗憾
已被我对一生事业的热爱填补

因此我无需致歉
惟有这一个请求：

当我临近跨的边缘，神志模糊
请扯上一块方布，将我裹入其中
这样，我就能焐着那些孩子
这样，那些孤苦伶仃的老人
听见我的低语

就能慢慢，聚拢过来

belliwether译




Quilts   
by Nikki Giovanni  


(for Sally Sellers)

Like a fading piece of cloth
I am a failure

No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter
My seams are frayed my hems falling my strength no longer able
To hold the hot and cold

I wish for those first days
When just woven I could keep water
From seeping through
Repelled stains with the tightness of my weave
Dazzled the sunlight with my
Reflection

I grow old though pleased with my memories
The tasks I can no longer complete
Are balanced by the love of the tasks gone past

I offer no apology only
this plea:

When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end
Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt
That I might keep some child warm

And some old person with no one else to talk to
Will hear my whispers

And cuddle
near

贵州周雁翔

觉得还两行过渡可以省略掉。因此我无需致歉            个见，问好！
                                                   惟有这一个请求：

一路鸣鸿

学习一下译诗.问好!

文壮飞

那些我曾用针严丝合缝的岁月
水无法渗过被驱逐的污秽
我的沉思曾让太阳眩晕

When just woven I could keep water
From seeping through
Repelled stains with the tightness of my weave
Dazzled the sunlight with my
Reflection


这节翻译得不连贯，内在出现“断链”，个人感觉而已，问好你，可以用用短句

沙刀

也来学习，问好楼主~~~