蔗尾蜂房

[流鶯與妻]
--Chairil Anwar, 

擦身而過時
飛沙迷眼

我加快腳步，不回顧
再看這裂開的傷太恐怖

迸開流膿

我的神思漂回妻子身上
依舊是深不可測的海
縱然我們在一起已經七年了

或許我未曾察覺
她的矇蔽

1943.03


[Kupu Malam Dan Biniku]

Sambil berselisih lalu
Mengebu debu

Kupertjepat langkah tak noleh kebelakang
Ngeri ini luka-terbuka sekali lagi terpandang

Barah ternganga

Melajang ingatan kebiniku
Lautan jang belum terduga
Biar lebih kami tudjuh tahun bersatu

Barangkali tak setahuku
Ia menipu.


[A Whore and My Wife]
--translated by Burton Raffel

As we brushed by each other
Dust got into my eyes

I walked faster. I didn’t look back
It was horrible to see that open wound again.

A gaping pus-hole

My mind drifted back to my wife
Still a bottomless ocean
Though we’ve been together seven years

Maybe without my knowing it
She’s thrown some dust in my eyes too?


．Burton Raffel, ed. & trans., The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, Albany : State University of New York Press, 1970, pp. 28-29.


[A Whore and My Wife]
--translated by Boen Sri Oemarjati

While crossing each other
The dust billowed.

I quickened (my) pace. (I) Didn't look backwards
Horrified that this open wound should be visible once more

(A) Gaping boil

(My) Thought drifted away to my wife
As yet an unfathomable ocean
Although we’ve been together more than seven years

Maybe without my knowledge
She was deceived (me).

．Boen Sri Oemarjati, Chairil Anwar: The Poet and His Language, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 63, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1972, p.43.


注釋：

Kupu Malam=輕佻的女子、妓女=Kupu-Kupu (蝴蝶) Malam (夜)
Mengebu=meng+gebu=menggebu 燃燒起來、(起義等)爆發； meggebu-gebu =(水流、氣體)一股一股地衝、湧、冒、奔騰、洶湧
Menipu=men+ tipu(欺騙、詐欺)