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2007年 01月 15日

Keeping Quiet    by. Pablo Neruda

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近所の桟橋から対岸を望む。
I have a dreamでお馴染みのマーチン・ルーサー・キング・デーの今日
マンハッタンは一日霧に包まれていた。

今日は、この風景の写真を撮りながら思い出した
パブロ・ネルーダ(Pablo Neruda)の詩とともにご鑑賞下さい。


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Now we will count to twelve

and we will all keep still

for once on the face of the earth,

let's not speak in any language;

let's stop for a second,

and not move our arms so much.


It would be an exotic moment

without rush, without engines;

we would all be together

in a sudden strangeness.


Fishermen in the cold sea

would not harm whales

and the man gathering salt

would not look at his hurt hands.


Those who prepare green wars,

wars with gas, wars with fire,

victories with no survivors,

would put on clean clothes

and walk about with their brothers

in the shade, doing nothing.


What I want should not be confused

with total inactivity.


Life is what it is about...


If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

of never understanding ourselves

and of threatening ourselves
with death.


Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead in winter
and later proves to be alive.


Now I'll count up to twelve

and you keep quiet and I will go.


Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), "Keeping Quiet"
Extravagaria (translated by Alastair Reid)
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by rarara-121 | 2007-01-15 16:08 | Gantry Plaza State P


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