加拿大 玛格丽特·阿特伍德 Margaret Atwood  加拿大   (1939~?)
A Sad Child
A Visit
Backdropp Addresses Cowboy
Bored
Flying Inside Your Own Body
Habitation
Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
In the Secular Night
Is/Not
More and More
Morning in the Burned House
Night Poem
Postcards
Provisions
Sekhmet, the Lion-headed Goddess of War
Siren Song
Spelling
The City Planners
The Landlady
The Moment
The Rest
The Shadow Voice
This is a Photograph of Me
睡之变奏 Variation On The Word Sleep
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外国诗歌 outland poetry
Siren Song
Siren Song

玛格丽特·阿特伍德


  This is the one song everyone
  would like to learn: the song
  that is irresistible:
  
  the song that forces men
  to leap overboard in squadrons
  even though they see beached skulls
  
  the song nobody knows
  because anyone who had heard it
  is dead, and the others can’t remember.
  Shall I tell you the secret
  and if I do, will you get me
  out of this bird suit?
  I don’t enjoy it here
  squatting on this island
  looking picturesque and mythical
  with these two feathery maniacs,
  I don’t enjoy singing
  this trio, fatal and valuable.
  
  I will tell the secret to you,
  to you, only to you.
  Come closer. This song
  
  is a cry for help: Help me!
  Only you, only you can,
  you are unique
  
  at last. Alas
  it is a boring song
  but it works every time.

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