作品原文

Geoffrey Hill - Ten Years Without You. For So It Happens.

Ten years without you. For so it happens.
Days make their steady progress, a routine
That is merciful and attracts nobody.

Already, like a disciplined scholar,
I piece fragments together, past conjecture
Establishing true sequences of pain;

For so it is proper to find value
In a bleak skill, as in the thing restored:
The long-lost words of choice and valediction.

中文译文

十年没有你，就这么回事
杰弗里·希尔

十年没有你。就这么回事。
日子慢慢过，宽厚不伤人，
习以为常，并不吸引谁。

我早已像训练有素的学者，
把片段连起来，靠过去的猜测
建立起痛苦之真实的序列；

从凄惨的技能找出价值
是恰当的，如旧事重现：
那久已失落的精选词、告别词。