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Georges Braque (1882-1963), Still Life with Playing Cards, 1913. Oil on canvas. 80 x 59 cm. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.


2013年香港國際詩歌之夜邀請Conchitina Cruz共襄盛舉，並出版了手冊收錄了她的十首詩，這是其中之一。我注意到她寫這首詩的靈感，可能是源自法國立體派畫家Georges Braque (1882-1963)的名畫 Still Life with Playing Cards（1913），故翻譯在此跟大家分享。



撲克牌靜物畫
--Conchitina Cruz，羅浩原 譯

終於，我沒輒了
我把自己送到爛城區的公證人那邊
我就站那門口，盼著自己的到來
每樁不幸事故都有封措詞恰當的通知信
我叫自己挑方磚*：進去
去揮，去砸，毫不顧忌
一如既往，我對自己的想法有戒心
或許方磚是黑桃是紅心是梅花
偽裝的。一如既往，我自我同意
錢，總會轉手

*原文為club，取撲克牌「梅花」的本義是「棍棒」的雙關語，為了讓中譯也能一語雙關，我將此處改成「方磚」。



Still Life with Playing Cards
--Conchitina Cruz

At last, I am at my wit’s end.
I deliver myself to the notary public on the sketchy side
of the neighborhood and at the entrance
I stand, anticipating my arrival.
There is an appropriate letter for every mishap.
I ask myself to choose a club: to enter,
to swing, to beat unabashedly.
As usual I am wary of my ideas.
Perhaps the club is a spade is a heart is a diamond
in disguise. As usual I agree with myself.
Money changes hands.



康慈天娜．告魯茲（Conchitina Cruz），《慾望二三事》（Two or Three Things about Desire），（香港中文大學出版社，2013），頁50。