抖森读诗 | The Mower - Philip Larkin

【序言】

First, is a work by English poet, Philip Larkin, whose inspiration came from an odd incident he encountered in the summer of 1979, promoting him to write about compassion and the brevity of all life.

第一首，是英国现代诗人菲利普·拉金的作品，他的灵感来自1979年夏天他遇到的一件奇怪的事，这件事促使了他写下了这首关于人生短暂和怜悯的诗。

【诗歌原文】

 The Mower - Philip Larkin
割草机 菲力普•拉金 

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found 
A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, 
Killed. It had been in the long grass. 
割草机抛锚了两次;
我跪下发现 
一只刺猬挤进了里面，卡住了刀片 它被杀死了。
它曾在高高的草丛里。 

I had seen it before, and even fed it, once. 
Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world 
Unmendably. Burial was no help: 
Next morning, I got up and it did not.
我以前见过它，甚至还喂过它，一次。 
现在我伤害了它的小世界 
无法挽回。埋葬也无济于事: 
第二天早上，我起床了，它却没起。

The first day after a death, the new absence 
Is always the same; we should be careful 
Of each other, we should be kind While there is still time. 
死后的第一天，新的空缺 总是一样的; 
我们应该相互顾念， 我们应该善良仁慈 在我们仍然可以之时。