Zen and the Art of Submitting Poetry - Cameron

[Lake]

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Zen and the Art of Submitting Poetry
by Cameron

Rejection does not make you a bad poet.
Acceptance does not make you a good one.
Therefore, neither should trouble you.

Chase after fame, however, and you put your life
Into the hands of others:
They will tip you between hope and despair.

Aim, then, to be aimless.
Seek neither publication, nor acclaim:
Submit without submitting.


禅与投稿的艺术

拒绝并不意味着你是一个蹩脚诗人，
接受也不意味着你是一个优秀诗人。
因此，两者都不应困扰你。

追求名声只是将自己的生命
交付到别人手中：
他们让你在希望和失望中倾斜。

有目的，而又无目的。
不须追求出版，也无须追求称赞：
投稿于不投稿中。

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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins

[非马]

LAKE好!

Cameron 似乎颇善于使用双关语.我是这样解释下列两句,不知是否符合原意:

Aim, then, to be aimless--头一个AIM是说写作时要瞄准目标,写成以后(THEN)则别太汲汲于找地方发表.
Submit without submitting--前一个Submit是指投稿, 后一个则指"屈服"或"投降"
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[Lake]

谢谢非马先生。

指出的这两句，切中要害。 我再好好想想。
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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins

[justjust]

Thank you for introducing this poem.

[Lake]

[kino]

Aim, then, to be aimless.
Seek neither publication, nor acclaim:
Submit without submitting.

这一节不好翻译。
这是传说中的打油诗？

[Lake]

[Lake]

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谢谢诸位的参与和建议。和作者交流，他说：You are right on both counts.

Zen and Taoism both advocate an aimless approach to life - so therefore it becomes an aim.

Yes, submit works in both ways: to submit poetry and not to submit to the submitting process (or authority).

请问大家，双关语可译吗？如不可，翻译中如何取舍？

谢谢！
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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins