【英格兰宇航员】- 诗翻译- 西蒙·阿米蒂奇-

【英格兰宇航员】- 诗翻译- 西蒙·阿米蒂奇-

The English Astronaut

《英格兰宇航员》

by Simon Armitage

原诗：西蒙 · 阿米蒂奇

翻译：青澄青果

【英格兰宇航员】- 诗翻译- 西蒙·阿米蒂奇-

He splashed down in rough seas off Spurn Point.

I watched through a coin-op telescope jammed

with a lollipop stick as a trawler fished him out

of the waves and ferried him back to Mission

Control on a trading estate near the Humber Bridge.

He spoke with a mild voice: yes, it was good to be

home; he’d missed his wife, the kids, couldn’t wait

for a shave and a hot bath. ‘Are there any more

questions?’ No, there were not.

I followed him in his Honda Accord to a Little

Chef on the A1, took the table opposite, watched

him order the all-day breakfast and a pot of tea.

‘You need to go outside to do that,’ said the

waitress when he lit a cigarette. He read the paper,

started the crossword, poked at the black pudding

with his fork. Then he stared through the window

for long unbroken minutes at a time, but only at the

busy road, never the sky. And his face was not

the moon. And his hands were not the hands of a man

who had held between finger and thumb the blue

planet, and lifted it up to his watchmaker’s eye.

【英格兰宇航员】- 诗翻译- 西蒙·阿米蒂奇-

《英国宇航员》

翻译：青澄青果

他溅落在斯帕恩角以外的海面

我用一个投币望远镜远远观看

塞进棒棒糖的杆代替了硬币

我看见一艘拖船将他从风浪中捞起

摆渡他回到亨伯桥的工商业区航天地面指挥中心

他语气柔和地回答大家：是啊，真好啊，我到家了

他想妻子，想孩子们，他迫不及待

想刮刮胡子，洗个热水澡，“还有问题吗？”

没了，没有问题了。

我坐着他的本田雅阁一路跟着他

来到第一大道（A1）的一家小饭馆，在他对面坐下

看他要了一份英式早餐和一壶热茶

“先生，您抽烟要到外面”，服务员提醒他，

他当时点了支香烟，正展开报纸读点啥

开始做猜字谜题，叉子也已戳上了黑布丁

然后他望向窗外

一时之间他凝视窗外好几分钟，只是盯着车水马龙

窗外不再是浩瀚天空， 而他的面孔

也不再是那一轮圆月辉映。他的手不再

用食指和拇指夹起蓝色小星球，

那双手曾经把小球举到他这位钟表匠的眼前。

【英格兰宇航员】- 诗翻译- 西蒙·阿米蒂奇-

注：

1. A1在诗中指地址第一大道

2. 但A1也是一架航天飞船的名称

3. 同时A1在英语里有精彩绝伦的意思

4. 劳埃德船级社对船的评级A1 特指一级