芒果街上的小屋第43篇

2014-11-28 11:42
芒果街上的小屋
作者:桑德拉·希斯内罗丝
来源:网络

　　Four Skinny Trees

　　They are the only ones who understand me.I am the only one who understands them.Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine.Four who do not belong here but are here.Four raggedy excuses planted by the city.From our room we can hear them,but Nenny just sleeps and doesn`t appreciate these things.

　　Their strength is secret.They send ferocious roots beneath the ground,They grow up and they grow down and grab the earrh between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger.This is how they keep.

　　Let one forget his reason for being,they`d all droop like tulips in a glass,each with their arms around the other.Keep,keep,keep,trees say when I sleep.They teach.

　　四棵细瘦的树

　　它们是惟一懂得我的。我是惟一懂得它们的。四棵细瘦的树长着细细的脖颈和尖尖的肘骨，像我的一样。不属于这里但到了这里的四个。市政栽下的四棵残次品。从我的房间里我们可以听到它们的声音，可是蕾妮只是睡觉，不能领略这些。

　　它们的力量是个秘密。它们的地下展开凶猛的根系。它们向上生长也向下生长，用它们须发样的脚趾攥紧泥土，用它们猛烈的牙齿噬咬天空，怒气从不懈怠。这就是它们坚持的方式。

　　假如有一棵忘记了它存在的理由，它们就全都会像玻璃瓶里的郁金香一样耷拉下来，手挽着手。坚持，坚持，坚持。树儿在我睡着的时候说。它们会教会人。