A Song

By Joseph Brodsky

I wish you were here, dear,

I wish you were here.

I wish you sat on the sofa

and I sat near.

The handkerchief could be yours,

the tear could be mine, chin-bound.

Though it could be, of course,

the other way around.

I wish you were here, dear,

I wish you were here.

I wish we were in my car

and you'd shift the gear.

We'd find ourselves elsewhere,

on an unknown shore.

Or else we'd repair

to where we've been before.

I wish you were here, dear,

I wish you were here.

I wish I knew no astronomy

when stars appear,

when the moon skims the water

that sighs and shifts in its slumber.

I wish it were still a quarter

to dial your number.

I wish you were here, dear,

in this hemisphere,

as I sit on the porch

sipping a beer.

It's evening, the sun is setting;

boys shout and gulls are crying.

What's the point of forgetting

if it's followed by dying?

歌

金重 譯

我希望你在這里，親愛的，

我希望你在這里。

希望你坐在沙發上

就這樣靠近你。

手絹可以是你的，

眼淚可以是我的，一直流下面頰。

當然，也可以

互相調換一下。

我希望你在這里，親愛的，

我希望你在這里。

希望坐在我的車里，

由你驅車遠去。

我們將在另一個地方駐足，

面對一片陌生的海浪。

或者，讓我們去修復

那些以前去過的地方。

我希望你在這里，親愛的，

我希望你在這里。

希望我根本不懂天文

當星斗呈現在天際，

當月亮在水面漂移，

嘆息在輾轉反側在夢里。

我希望打個電話給你

還只需要25分的硬幣。

我希望你在這里，親愛的，

在這西半球的國度里，

當我坐在陽臺上，

慢慢喝著生啤。

這已是黃昏，太陽收斂著光芒；

男孩兒們呼喊，海鷗尖叫飛翔。

如果遺忘之后是死亡，

我怎能遺忘！

來自俄羅斯的布羅茨基是1987年諾貝爾文學獎得主，這篇漢語譯文發表于《世界文學》2013年第6期。這是一首懷念他的情人馬麗娜的詩歌，寫于美國。在幾乎所有的詩歌作品里，布羅茨基的面容都是剛毅的、不屈服的。即使語言再“蒼白無力”，也不會落下“一滴淚水”。然而布羅茨基卻是無比深情的，一個絕不落淚的男人，卻也會在思念遠方愛人的時候淚流滿面： “如果遺忘之后是死亡，我怎能遺忘！”