原文:《用我的王国换一匹马》 很多年前,曾听到一首奇怪的有关“马儿”的歌,叫做“Homecongming Queen”,演唱者是Mark Linkous和他的Sparklehorse——一支非主流的美国乐队。哼唱着"A horse,a horse/My kingdom for a horse",Mark Linkous以他懒散又略显无奈地口气叙述着一个真实而又虚幻的故事。这个曾经沉迷于毒品所制造的幻境的年轻人,因为一个空虚的梦付出了他的自由——吸食毒品过量使他双腿瘫痪,只能在轮椅里度过余生。就像冬夜里的小女孩,在火柴光影中片刻异景闪过之后,无尽的黑暗显得更加深不可测了: Yes,I did use up
The last box of sparklers
Before they went bad
Got wet or decayed
Teeth that were sharp,is ground down and dumb
My crooked spine becoming more brittle
What once grew straight and tall toward the sun
Is absorbing back down to dirt like a sponge (是呵,我已用尽了
那最后的一盒烟火
还没等到他们变坏
潮湿或是腐败
曾经锋利的牙齿,抵不住岁月的研磨
我扭曲的脊柱也变得愈加脆弱
那曾经笔直地高高地向着太阳生长的躯体
如今像海绵般吸满土地,沉入大地。)
……
The last box of sparklers
Before they went bad
Got wet or decayed
Teeth that were sharp,is ground down and dumb
My crooked spine becoming more brittle
What once grew straight and tall toward the sun
Is absorbing back down to dirt like a sponge (是呵,我已用尽了
那最后的一盒烟火
还没等到他们变坏
潮湿或是腐败
曾经锋利的牙齿,抵不住岁月的研磨
我扭曲的脊柱也变得愈加脆弱
那曾经笔直地高高地向着太阳生长的躯体
如今像海绵般吸满土地,沉入大地。)
……