安妮・卡森(Anne Carson),1950年6月21日生于加拿大多伦多,加拿大诗人、散文家、古典学家、翻译家,2026年诺贝尔文学奖得主。
Anne Carson, born on June 21, 1950, in Toronto,
Canada, is a Canadian poet, essayist, classical
scholar, and translator. She is the winner of the
2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
《Short Talks》
By: Anne Carson
Tr. By: Gingko
My mother forbade us to walk backwards.
That is how the dead walk, she would say.
Where did she get this idea? Perhaps from a bad translation.
The dead, after all, do not walk backwards but they do walk behind us.
They have no lungs and cannot call out but would love for us to turn around.
They are victims of love, many of them.
《简短的谈话》
作者:安妮·卡森
翻译:银杏(北美)
我妈妈禁止我们向后走。
她会说,这就是死人走路的方式。
她从哪里得到这个想法的? 也许是因为蹩脚的翻译。
毕竟,死者不会向后走,但他们确实走在我们身后。
他们没有肺,不能叫出来,但很希望我们会转身。
他们中的许多人是爱的受害者。
2026年10月30日于爱荷华银杏阁
注:此诗收录于卡森的经典诗集
《Short Talks》(1992)