The Invention of Death

时间：2014-05-19 05:33:16

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The Invention of Death
Gregory Djanikian
 
 
Nothing was so mysterious 
 as your body coming to a close, 
 the winches（绞盘） of your arms and legs 
 slackening（使缓慢）, your mouth loosened1. 
 
You were lying under a white coverlet（被单，床罩） 
 as if under a field of snow. 
 
Something was beginning to drift 
 like the sound of a train in the distance 
 under the color of sky. 
 
It was difficult to think 
that train is for you, not me 
 but it was almost easy too. 
 
The birds outside the window 
 were breaking the glassiness of the morning, 
 the merciful2 were disguised 
 as women in white gowns3. 
 
You opened your eyes and asked
 what I would remember of you 
 and I couldn't help but think this 
 
you in a field of snow 
 and the train waiting by a platform 
 and the invention of death 
 twittering outside with feathers. 
 
If language hadn't failed me then 
 and I remembered speaking. 
 
If silence hadn't entered and sat down 
 like a fat dark uncle on your bed 
 and begun stroking4 your hand.

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1 loosened 8502d286c37ccf10dda7366a7e3d4783     
v.解开( loosen的过去式和过去分词 )；放松；松弛；（使）放松
参考例句：
  • He has loosened the soil up with a fork. 他用耙松过土了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The new policies loosened up foreign trade. 新政策使对外贸易有了更大的灵活性。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 merciful hw7y4     
adj.仁慈的，慈悲的
参考例句：
  • The merciful king saved him from death.宽大的国王免他一死。
  • He is accounted a merciful man.人们认为他是一个宽厚的人。
3 gowns 2f1038825bd73a9246111f2c2f798515     
n.（法官、英国律师、大学学生在特别仪式上穿的）长袍( gown的名词复数 )；女长服；（尤指在医院穿的）罩衣；宽松长外衣
参考例句：
  • The guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns. 客人们身着华丽的夜礼服出现了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • "Did you see those two men in black gowns? “看见么？那两个穿黑大衫的。 来自子夜部分
4 stroking b0ec503deae58d4d7456f604b0b0ffc3     
按抚法
参考例句：
  • No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. 谁都不能抚摸一只老虎就使它驯服得像一只小猫。 来自演讲部分
  • He was still fairly calm, except that he kept stroking his chin. 他依然很镇静，不过时时用手摸着下巴。 来自子夜部分

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