What Did We See Today? by Robert Bly

What Did We See Today?
by Robert Bly

Some days we are passive, listening to the incoming waves.
On other days, we are like a light that sweeps
Out over the husky soybean fields all night.

What did we see today? Horses at the end
Of their tethering ropes, the wing of affection going over,
Flying bulls glimpsed passing the moon disc.

Rather than arguing about whether Giordano Bruno
Was right or not, it might be better to fall silent
And lose ourselves in the curved energy.

We know how many men live alone in their twenties,
And how many women are married to the wrong person,
And how many father and sons are strangers to each other.

It\'s all right if we keep forgetting the way home.
It\'s all right if we don\'t remember when we were born.
It\'s all right if we write the same poem over and over.

Robert, I don\'t know why you talk so confidently
About yourself in this way. There are a lot of shady
Characters in this town, and you are one of them.

今天我们看到了什么

一些日子我们被动地倾听到来的波浪。
其它日子，我们如同一束光整夜扫过
沙沙作响的黄豆田。

今天我们看到了什么？马拴在
绳子的尽头，爱的翅膀飞过，
飞牤一闪而过月盘。

与其争论乔达诺•布鲁诺
的对错，不如保持沉默
把自己迷失在弯曲的精力之中。

我们知道许多男人20岁时还是独身，
许多女人嫁错了人
许多父亲和儿子彼此成为陌生人。

没关系如果忘记了回家的路，
没关系如果记不住什么时候出生，
没关系如果一遍遍地写同一首诗。

罗伯特，我不知道你为何有信心
如此谈论你自己。这个城镇有许多可疑
的人物，而你是他们其中之一。


02/18/2011