試譯：〈喝酒，於駕車之際〉 瑞蒙．卡佛【Drinking While Driving－Raymond Carver】

喝酒，於駕車之際　　瑞蒙·卡佛（試譯：淺白）
 
已經是八月了而我半年
也未看過一本書——除了
那點由考蘭庫爾所寫，叫甚麼*
「自莫斯科撤退」的東西。
不管如何，我是快樂的
和我兄弟同坐一車
嗒着一品脫的老鴉威士忌
我們沒甚麼地方打算去
我們只是開着車
若我閉眼一分鐘
我將不知葬身何處——但
我便能快慰的躺下，在這路邊
永久地眠睡下去……
我兄弟輕推了我一下
現在任一分鐘，也隨時會有事發生
 
1/2/2022稿
 
*Armand de Caulaincourt
 
Drinking While Driving by Raymond Carver
 
It's August and I have not
Read a book in six months
except something called The Retreat from Moscow
by Caulaincourt
Nevertheless, I am happy
Riding in a car with my brother
and drinking from a pint of Old Crow.
We do not have any place in mind to go,
we are just driving.
If I closed my eyes for a minute
I would be lost, yet
I could gladly lie down and sleep forever
beside this road
My brother nudges me.
Any minute now, something will happen.

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