1.12 《友好的建议给许多年轻的男士》 查尔斯·布考斯基(美)

去西藏

骑骆驼

读圣经

把你的鞋染蓝

长胡子

在纸制独木舟上环绕地球

预订星期六晚上的工作岗位

只用你嘴的左边咀嚼

娶个只有一条腿并用一把直剃刀刮脸的女人

把你的名字刻在她的手臂上

  

用汽油刷牙

白天睡觉,夜里爬树

做一名僧侣,喝大号铅弹和啤酒

在水下昂起头来拉小提琴

在粉色蜡烛前大跳肚皮舞

杀死你的狗

竞选市长

住在桶里

用斧头打破你头

在雨中种下郁金香

  

但是别写诗

 

(伊沙   译)

 

英文原诗:

《Friendly advice to a lot of young men》

Charles Bukowski

 

Go to Tibet.

Ride a camel.

Read the Bible.

Dye your shoes blue.

Grow a Beard.

Circle the world in a paper canoe.

Subscribe to “The Saturday Evening Post.”

Chew on the left side of your mouth only.

Marry a woman with one leg and shave with a straight razor.

And carve your name in her arm.

  

Brush your teeth with gasoline.

Sleep all day and climb trees at night.

Be a monk and drink buckshot and beer.

Hold your head under water and play the violin.

Do a belly dance before pink candles.

Kill your dog.

Run for Mayor.

Live in a barrel.

Break your head with a hatchet.

Plant tulips in the rain.

 

But don’t write poetry.