LEPIDOPTERIST

Poet: Antony Dunn

He’d like to unfold her from that lab-coat
and see what kind of creature she’d become;

chalk up a finger on a butterfly-wing
and lay out his great design on white silk –

a dress for her to wear weightlessness in;
or dust his fingerprints across her skin

in kohl and carmine; or see, as she moves
through the store-room, the cases fly open

and every last butterfly unhook itself
and throw itself into the air, and stay.

He’d like the creature cocooned in his chest
to stop turning over – to burst from his mouth

on unspeakable wings. He’d like to say something
that she’d understand, but can’t pin it down.

蝴蝶专家

安东尼（Antony Dunn) 原作
杨炼、有玲 翻译

他想解开她的白大褂
看她能变成什么；

一根手指划过蝶翼
白绸上他辉煌的设计——

一条无重的裙子；擦光
她裹着黑粉和红色的皮肤上

他的指纹；看，她移行
横过店堂，盒子弹开

每一只蝴蝶脱钩而
抛自己于空中，而悬定。

他想让胸中结茧的东西
停止翻滚——自他口中爆开

难言的翅膀。他想说些什么
她能懂，却抓不住。