试译拉金诗作《阅读习惯研究》

侯珏

阅读习惯研究

作者：菲利普·拉金
译者：侯 珏



当我的鼻子被书本吸引
诸多心病瞬间被治愈，
宁愿读瞎了眼也在所不惜
当我仍能保持冷静，
并伸出一记右勾拳
击倒那些大我两倍的脏狗。

之后，戴起瓶底似的眼镜，
邪恶即是我的小百灵：
斗篷之下露出毒牙
我已在黑暗之渊撕开时光。
被猛操过的性感女郎！
她们在高潮中早已被我甩开。

别再读下去了：花花公子
当你在英雄到达之前
将女人一个个放倒，还有那
胆小的店小二。对你们而言：
书籍不过是一堆垃圾。

侯珏

附：原文
A Study of Reading Habits
by Philip Larkin


When getting my nose in a book
Cured most things short of school,
It was worth ruining my eyes
To know I could still keep cool,
And deal out the old right hook
To dirty dogs twice my size.

Later, with inch-thick specs,
Evil was just my lark:
Me and my coat and fangs
Had ripping times in the dark.
The women I clubbed with sex!
I broke them up like meringues.

Don't read much now: the dude
Who lets the girl down before
The hero arrives, the chap
Who's yellow and keeps the store
Seem far too familiar. Get stewed:
Books are a load of crap.