【班門弄斧、越俎代庖】系列一百一十九 瘂弦 《上校》試譯

 《上校》
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那純粹是另一種玫瑰
自火燄中誕生
在蕎麥田裡，他們遇到最大的會戰
而他的一條腿訣別於一九四三年
他曾經聽過歷史和笑
什麼是不朽呢
咳嗽藥刮臉刀上月房租如此等等
而在妻的縫紉機的零星戰鬥下
他覺得唯一能俘擄他的
便是太陽
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《Colonel》
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That's simply another kind of rose
born out of fire
In the buckwheat field, they faced the biggest battle ever
and in 1943 one of his legs departed
he heard history and laughter
what is immortal?
cough medicine shaver last month's rent and things like that;
whereas under the sporadic fights of his wife's sewing machine
to him the only thing that can capture him
is the sun
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