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[Lake]

Children of Sacaton

GREG PAPE (b. 1947)

I came to Sacaton to teach the children
Metaphor—look at the clock, a moon
Nailed to the wall, a madman’s eye.
What I said was good for a laugh,
A puzzled look, or a so what.
I learned many ways to call the roll.
I fell in love with many faces.
Because I was a kind stranger
They told me their secrets, their fears,
Their fathers. They showed me
The sleeping chief in the mountains.
See? There’s his head, and there’s his feet.
They explained Mul-Cha-Tha, the place
Of Happenings. Their mothers
Made baskets, sang the old songs,
Worked in Phoenix, or drank beer all day.
They already knew metaphor. They said
The wind is the long hair of the horse
I ride in the mountains. They said
The saguaros are the old people dancing.
If the sun gets hungry, one of them said,
You better look out.


萨卡桐的孩子们

Lake （译）

我来到萨卡桐教孩子们
比喻 — 看那钟，是月亮
钉在墙上，是疯子的眼睛。
我所说的只引来一阵大笑，
一脸迷惑，或者一句那又怎样。
我学会了许多种点名的方法。
我爱上了这许多张面孔。
因为我是一个善良的陌生人
他们对我讲心中的秘密，恐惧，
以及他们的父亲。他们指给我看
山上沉睡的部落酋长。
看，那是他的头，那是他的脚。
他们给我讲木察塔，许多
事件发生的地方。他们的母亲
编织箩筐，唱着古老的歌，
在菲尼克斯做工，或整天喝啤酒。
他们已经知道什么是比喻。他们说
我在山中骑的那匹马，
风就是马颈上的长鬃。他们说
那些撒各鲁仙人掌王是老人在跳舞。
如果太阳饿了，其中一个孩子说，
你可要小心。

。

[[Lake]]

Children of Sacaton

GREG PAPE (b. 1947)

I came to Sacaton to teach the children
Metaphor—look at the clock, a moon
Nailed to the wall, a madman’s eye.
What I said was good for a laugh,
A puzzled look, or a so what.
I learned many ways to call the roll.
I fell in love with many faces.
Because I was a kind stranger
They told me their secrets, their fears,
Their fathers. They showed me
The sleeping chief in the mountains.
See? There’s his head, and there’s his feet.
They explained Mul-Cha-Tha, the place
Of Happenings. Their mothers
Made baskets, sang the old songs,
Worked in Phoenix, or drank beer all day.
They already knew metaphor. They said
The wind is the long hair of the horse
I ride in the mountains. They said
The saguaros are the old people dancing.
If the sun gets hungry, one of them said,
You better look out.


萨卡桐的孩子们

Lake （译）

我来到萨卡桐教孩子们
比喻 — 看那钟，是月亮
钉在墙上，是疯子的眼睛。
我所说的只引来一阵大笑，
一脸迷惑，或者一句那又怎样。
我学会了许多种点名的方法。
我爱上了这许多张面孔。
因为我是一个善良的陌生人
他们对我讲心中的秘密，恐惧，
以及他们的父亲。他们指给我看
山上沉睡的部落酋长。
看，那是他的头，那是他的脚。
他们给我讲木察塔，许多
事件发生的地方。他们的母亲
编织箩筐，唱着古老的歌，
在菲尼克斯做工，或整天喝啤酒。
他们已经知道什么是比喻。他们说
我在山中骑的那匹马，
风就是马颈上的长鬃。他们说
那些撒各鲁仙人掌王是老人在跳舞。
如果太阳饿了，其中一个孩子说，
你可要小心。

。

[星子]

如果太阳饿了，其中一个孩子说，
你可要小心。

----nice. This is a lovely poem with kindness...

Good. Kids are naive.
_________________

[[ANNA]]

如果太阳饿了，其中一个孩子说，
你可要小心。

----nice. This is a lovely poem with kindness...

Good. Kids are naive.
_________________