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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

The Three Oddest Words



The Three Oddest Words

When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.

When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.

When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no non-being can hold.


By Wislawa Szymborska
Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh

© Wislawa Szymborska, S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh

4 Comments:

  • At December 14, 2004 5:22 PM, Blogger 茶米 said…

    三個最奇怪的詞
    =============

    當我說出“未來”一詞,
    第一個音節便已成過去。

    當我說出“寂靜”一詞,
    我就立刻打破了這種寂靜。

    當我說出“烏有”一詞
    我就在創造一種無中生有。


    (註)譯文摘自林洪亮的譯本《呼喚雪人》,漓江出版社,2000年。

     
  • At December 14, 2004 7:35 PM, Blogger Chen said…

    這好像是某年諾貝爾獎女詩人?

     
  • At December 14, 2004 7:59 PM, Blogger 茶米 said…

    1996年諾貝爾文學獎。
    標題就是超連結可以連了啊??

     
  • At December 15, 2004 2:26 PM, Blogger 茶米 said…

    呵呵...多謝捧場
    不過我更新的速度頗慢就是了 :p

     

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