Robert Verdon's "Outsider" translated into Chinese by Cui Yuwei

《局外人》

罗伯特·弗登 (trans. Cui Yuwei)

篱笆边，一家人在毯上野餐

篱笆搭在光亮的湖畔

乌鸦飞过，水中倒影微颤

云在头顶蔓延，如玻璃光束

鸟鸣似钟声和表簧

笛音串起一切声响，仿佛它们是水

放眼望去水波连绵

原始阳光洒落水面，像熔融的焊料咝咝作响

乌鸦嘎嘎叫着，如海鸥落水

除了孩子，无人注视

他们后来打开行李箱，看见一只虎蛇死在毯上

Outsider

Written by Robert Verdon

the family picnicked on a blanket by the wattles

the wattles grew at the edge of the greasy lake

the crow flew over the surface, its reflection quivering beneath

the cloud stretched overhead in glass beams

clocksprings and chimes were other birds

networks of piping connected all sounds as though they were water

there were dunes of water in the crow distance

a cascade of raw sun sizzled like molten solder as it hit the water

the crow dropped to the water like a seagull, coughing

no one cared but the child who watched

when they unpacked the boot later they found a tiger snake dead in the blanket