米開蘭基羅的第一座聖母悼子像
--Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), 羅浩原 譯
悲憫被雕刻出來。遠較妳老成的
他躺在妳膝上。妳又能如何
若不以令妳害怕的這種信任摟著他？
正是米開蘭基羅
將少女對諸神的反應作如是觀。我們呀
同情這位被女人托住的男人，
被我們的人性緊抱的神。
以上種種刻工全雕出來了。
不只如此。這還是他正在進行的某種祈禱
無須言語，除了那寫在她胸前的文字
他簽下他的名字。他呈現出的這位少女
也已經為他帶來安息。
Michelangelo's First Pietá
Carve a compassion. Older than you are
He lies upon your lap. What can you do
But hold him with a trust you also fear?
Thus Michelangelo
Saw what a girl may do for gods. O we
Have mercy on this man a woman holds,
God in the grip of our humanity.
All this the sculptor moulds.
But more. It is a prayer that he is saying
Wordless, except that written on her breast
He writes his name. This girl he is displaying
Has also brought him rest.
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