水仙花的样子和精神（水仙花把悲哀与自然的事物联系起来）

水仙花

亨利·科尔

刘焱 译

有时我会把花蕾关闭，

然后成了被误会的葱，

但如果您从我的茎上切掉半英寸

放入水中，我就会舒展并释放

花瓣杯中的黄尘，

就像滑石粉撒在她肩上

在她沐浴并淹没在

第三次镇静剂 抹掉自我之后，

安心 锐利 妥帖地刺穿身体

就像一小束鲜花，被一只手握住

这就把 悲哀与自然的事物联系了起来 相信我，

就像黎明的黑鸟相信

征服黑夜的极光。

发表在2020年10月12日发行的印刷版中。

亨利·科尔（Henri Cole）1956年出生于日本，在弗吉尼亚长大，被哈罗德·布鲁姆誉为当代美国最好的诗人。已经出版了十部诗集，其中包括最近的《暴雪》。

Daffodils

By Henri Cole

October 5, 2020

Sometimes I arrive with my buds closed,

and I am mistaken for scallions,

but if you cut a half inch from my stems

and put me in water, I open up and release

yellow dust from my petal cups,

like talcum sprinkled on her shoulders

after she bathes and swallows her

third tranquillizer to erase herself,

the sedative piercing right through her

like a small bunch of flowers grasped

by a hand that connects the melancholy

to something in nature urging Trust me,

as the blackbirds at dawn trust

the aurora that conquers night.

Published in the print edition of the October 12, 2020, issue.

Henri Cole is the author of ten collections of poetry, including, most recently, “Blizzard.”