tell the flowers—they think

告诉花⼉——它们以为

the sun loves them.

太阳爱着它们。

The grass is under the same

草⼉也怀着同样

simple-minded impression

天真的想法

about the rain, the fog, the dew.

关于⾬，雾，露珠。

And when the wind blows,

当风吹过，

it feels so good

感觉如此美妙

they lose control of themselves

它们失去了⾃制

and swobtoggle wildly

疯狂地摇摆，

around, bumping accidentally into their

不⼩⼼撞到了它们

slender neighbors.

纤细的邻居。

Forgetful little lotus-eaters,

这些健忘的⼩⼩⾷莲者1，

solar-powered

太阳能驱动的

hydroholics, drawing nourishment up

⽔瘾者，通过茎

through stems into their

吸取养分到它们

thin green skin,

薄薄的绿⽪肤⾥，

high on the expensive

沉醉于昂贵的

chemistry of mitochondrial explosion,

线粒体爆炸的化学反应，

believing that the dirt

相信泥⼟

loves them, the night, the stars—

爱着它们，相信夜晚、星⾠——

reaching down a little deeper

⽤它们苍⽩的根

with their pale albino roots,

向深处稍稍延伸，

all Dizzy

像迪齐·吉莱斯⽪2⼀样

Gillespie with the utter

陶醉于⼀切的

sufficiency of everything.

完全充⾜。

They don't imagine lawn

它们不会想到割草机，

mowers, the four stomachs

⽜的四个胃，

of the cow, or human beings with boots

或是穿着靴⼦的⼈类

who stop to marvel

停下来惊叹

at their exsquisite

它们那精致的

flexibility and color.

柔韧与⾊彩。

They persist in their soft-headed

它们坚持着那种纯软的

hallucination of happiness.

对幸福的幻觉。

But please don't mention it.

但请别说破。

Not yet. Tell me

还不要。告诉我，

what would you possibly gain

你从正确中

from being right?

又能得到什么呢？

译注：

1 “Lotus-eaters”（⾷莲者）是希腊神话中因⾷⽤莲花⽽忘记归途的⼈，最早出现在荷马史诗《奥德

赛》中。这个典故常被⽤来描述⼀种逃避现实、沉溺于安逸或幻觉的状态。

2 迪齐·吉莱斯⽪（Dizzy Gillespie，1917-1993）是美国著名的爵⼠乐⼩号⼿、作曲家和乐队领

袖，被誉为现代爵⼠乐的重要先驱之⼀。他是⽐博普（Bebop）风格的开创者之⼀，以其⾼超的

技巧、创新的⾳乐语⾔和充满活⼒的表演风格闻名。他的名字常常与爵⼠乐的⾰新和⾃由精神联

系在⼀起