喀耳刻的神力
我从没有把任何人变成猪。
有些人就是猪;我把他们
变成猪的样子。
我厌恶你们的世界
它让外表掩饰内心。你的随从们并不是坏人;
不加约束的生活
使他们变成了这样。作为猪,
它们在我和女伴们
爱护之下
马上就温和了。
于是我倒念咒符,给你看我的好
还有我的神力。我看见
我们在这儿能够幸福,
正如男人和女人
当他们只有简单的需要时。同时,
我预见到你将离去,
由于我的帮助,你们敢于迎战
凶猛咆哮的大海。你认为
每个女巫在内心里
面对局限。如果我只是想留下你
我可以把你当作囚犯扣留。
Circe's Power
I never turned anyone into a pig.
Some people are pigs; I make them
look like pigs.
I'm sick of your world
that lets the outside disguise the inside. Your men weren't bad men;
did that to them. As pigs,
under the care of
me and my ladies, they
sweetened right up.
Then I reversed the spell, showing you my goodness
as well as my power. I saw
we could be happy here,
as men and women are
when their needs are simple. In the same breath,
I foresaw your departure,
your men with my help braving
the crying and pounding sea. You think
a few tears upset me? My friend,
every sorceress is
a pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't
face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you
I could hold you prisoner.
喀耳刻的悲伤
最终,我让自己
为你妻子所知,正如
神会做的那样,在她自己屋里,在
伊萨卡,只有声音
而没有身形:她
停止了织布,她的头
先转向右,再转向左
虽然,当然不可能
顺着声音找到任何
目标:我猜想
当她回到她的纺布机旁
她心里已经知道。等到
你们再见面时,请告诉她
这就是神说再见的方式:
如果我一直在她的脑子里
我也就一直在你的生活中。
Circe's Grief
In the end, I made myself
Known to your wife as
A god would, in her own house, in
Without a body: she
Paused in her weaving, her head turning
First to the right, then left
Though it was hopeless of course
To trace that sound to any
Objective source: I doubt
She will return to her loom
With what she knows now. When
You see her again, tell her
This is how a god says goodbye:
If I am in her head forever
I am in your life forever.
喀耳刻的痛苦
我伤心,痛惜
爱你那么多年,无论
你在还是不在,痛惜
那法律,那召唤
禁止我留下你,那大海
一片玻璃,那被太阳漂白的
会有魔法,如果
我没有发愿
把你变形:就如
你爱我的身体,
就如你发现那儿
我们的激情超乎
其他一切馈赠,在那独一的时刻
忠诚,以那结合之名
我拒绝你
这类给予你妻子的感情
就如愿意让你
与她一起安度时光,我拒绝
再次与你同睡
如果我不能将你拥有。
Circe's Torment
I regret bitterly
The years of loving you in both
Your presence and absence, regret
The law, the vocation
That forbid me to keep you, the sea
A sheet of glass, the sun-bleached
Beauty of the Greek ships: how
Could I have power if
I had no wish
To transform you: as
You loved my body,
As you found there
All other gifts, in that single moment
Over honor and hope, over
Loyalty, in the name of that bond
I refuse you
Such feeling for your wife
As will let you
Rest with her, I refuse you
If I cannot have you.