Having a Coke with You.
by Frank O'hara.
Having a Coke with You.
is even more fun than going top San Sebastain, Irun, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne.
or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona.
partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian.
partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt.
partly because of the fluoresent orange tulips around the birches.
partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary.
it is hard to believe when I'm with you that there can be anything as still.
as solemn as unpleasently definitive as statuary when right in front of it.
in the warm New York 4 o'clock light we are drifting back and forth
between each other like a tree breathing through its spectacles.
and the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint.
you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them.
I look at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world.
except possibly for the "Polish Rider" occasionally and anyway it's in the Frick.
which thank heavens you haven't gone to yet so we can go together the first time.
and the fact that you move so beautifully more or less takes care of Futurism.
just as at home I never think of the "Nude Descending a Staircase" or.
at a rehearsal a single drawing of Leonardo or Michaelangleo that used to wow me.
and what good does all the research of the impressionists do them.
when they never got the right person to stand near the tree when the sun sank.
or for that matter Marino Marini when he didn't pick the rider as carefully.
as the horse.
it seems they were all cheated of some marvelous experience.
which is not going to go wasted on me which is why I am telling you about it.
试译：
和你一起喝杯可乐。
远比踏足圣塞巴斯坦、艾郎、昂代、比亚利兹、巴约纳更有趣
亦胜过在巴塞罗那加西利亚大街饱餐一顿。。
（注：圣塞巴斯坦、艾郎是西班牙旅游胜地，昂代、比亚利兹、巴约纳是法国旅游点。）
或者是因为你身着橙色衬衫令你更似快乐的圣塞巴斯坦人。
或者是因为我对你的爱，或者是因为你爱的酸奶。
或者是因为桦树周围的橘黄色郁金香。
或者是因为在人们和雕塑前我们笑容中的秘密。
当我与你在一起时难以想象会有东西象雕塑般持静止、
庄严、令人不快的确定当我们站在它面前的时候。
我们漫步在纽约四点钟的温暖的微光下。
彼此之间像一颗树通过它的叶子般呼吸。
肖像画展中所有人都没有面容，只有颜料。
你突然会问为什么世界上会有人这么做。
我看着你，我宁愿看着你胜过看世界上所有的绘画。
除了偶尔可能对“波兰骑士”感兴趣，反正它在弗里克。
（注：《波兰骑士》是伦勃朗的一幅名画，“弗里克”是位于纽约，被誉为世界上最美的私立美术馆）
谢天谢地你还没有去过那儿，所以我们可以一起去。
你走路的样子如此美丽，让我或多或少关注未来主义。
就像在家里我从未想到过“下楼梯的裸女”。
或者在练画时曾让我惊叹的达芬奇或米开朗基罗的一幅画。
印象派的研究对画家们有什么用？
如果当太阳下山时没有合适的人站在树旁。
或是马里诺·马里尼没有为他的骑手配上合适的马。 |
