蔗尾蜂房

聖嘉勒教堂中的兩個女人
--Laksmi Pamuntjak (1971- )

在阿西西的夏天

兩個女人相對一視彼此的臉龐
在釘在十字架的耶穌跟前，世界完好無缺

喬托未能參透他畫的比例，但他的禮拜堂
總是充滿誠心，觀光客就像壁畫家
匆匆投入柔和色調來粉飾罪惡

真是漫長的一瞬間，在這兒

無需備用品，
一個女人對另一個說，我就在這兒
靠我倆的愛去修補一切

光線一直反覆試探，但我倆泛著如貞德般的藍色

2005


Two Women in the Church of Santa Chiara
--Laksmi Pamuntjak (1971- )

Summer in Assisi

Two women reach across each other’s face
before Jesus nailed to cross. The world is intact.

Giotto knows not his scale. But his chapels
are full of hearts. Tourists like the muralists
rustle into the mellow to paint over sins.

It’s a long moment, here.

No need for spare parts,
says one to the other. I am here.
It is our love that mends.

The light always tries. But we’re as blue as virtue.

2005


Laksmi Pamuntjak, The Anagram, Jakarta: KataKita Publishing, 2007, p.35.