（波兰）威斯拉瓦·辛博斯卡（著）（澳）欧阳昱（译）：《赞美我姐》

By Ouyang Yu

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威斯拉瓦·辛博斯卡（Wis·awa Szymborska，1923年-2012），波兰诗人、翻译家。在亚捷龙大学读文学，但因家境贫困而中途辍学。1996年获诺贝尔文学奖。她的诗作在波兰的销售量，可与小说家的等量齐观，尽管她在一篇诗作《有些人喜欢诗歌》中曾说，一千个人中，顶多只有两个人喜欢诗歌艺术。

早期受米沃什影响，作品有强烈的社会主义色彩，如《这就是我们的生活目的》（That is what we are living for）这部诗集所表现的那样，但逐渐远离政治，否定了以前的作品。共出版二十一部诗集，但名声赖以立足的，不超过350首诗。问她为何写作如此至少，她说：“我家里有个垃圾桶。”辛博斯卡的诗哲学意味浓厚，干爽而幽默。

 《赞美我姐》

                                                    （波兰）威斯拉瓦·辛博斯卡   （著）

                                                    （澳）欧阳昱                        （译）


我姐不写诗

也不大可能突然写诗

她长得像母亲，母亲不写诗

她长得像父亲，父亲也不写诗

我在姐姐屋檐下很安全：

我姐夫不会因为什么而写诗

尽管这么说好像亚当·马其顿斯基写的一首诗

但我没有一个亲戚参与写诗

我姐姐桌上没有老诗

提包里也没有任何新诗

姐姐邀我吃晚饭时

我知道她并不打算给我念诗

她不费啥气力，就把汤做得棒极

她也不会把一滴咖啡洒到稿纸上去

在很多家庭，都没人写诗

但一写起诗来，常常不止一人

有时，诗歌瀑布一流就是几代人

在家庭关系中卷起可怕的漩涡

我姐栽培着一种像模像样的口语散文

她的全部文学作品都在假日明信片上

每年都答应做同一件事：

只要她回来

就把一切的一切

一切的一切

都告诉我们

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