I Sleep a Lot 
A poem by Czeslaw Milosz








When I couldn't do without alcohol, I drove myself on alcohol,


When I couldn't do without cigarettes and coffee, I drove myself


On cigarettes and coffee.


I was courageous. Industrious. Nearly a model of virtue.


But that is good for nothing.





Please, Medicine Man, I feel a pain.





I have read many books but I don't believe them.





Send your second soul beyond the mountains, beyond time.


Tell me what you saw, I will wait.





(English translation by http://www.poemhunter.com)


 






離了酒不行，我就讓自己喝酒，


離了香煙和咖啡不行，我就讓自己抽煙喝咖啡。


我曾勇敢、刻苦、接近道德的楷模。


但那毫無價值。





求求你，巫醫，我覺得痛。





我讀了很多書但我不相信它們。





送你的另一個靈魂越過山的那邊，時間的那邊。


告訴我你看到了什麼，我會等著。








摘自《切．米沃什詩選》。（張曙光譯，河北教育出版社）