電影《派特森》影評：裡的詩歌

Love Poem 愛詩 We have plenty of matches in our house 我們家裡有很多火柴 We keep them on hand always. 我們總是將它備在身旁 Currently our favorite brand is Ohio Blue Tip, 現在我們最喜歡的品牌是俄亥俄藍標 though we used to prefer Diamond brand. 雖然我們曾經更喜歡的是鑽石牌

That was before we discovered Ohio Blue Tip matches. 那時我們還未發現俄亥俄藍標火柴 They are excellently packaged,sturdy 它們的包裝精美堅固 little boxes with dark and light blue and white labels 小小的盒子帶有深淺藍和白色的商標 with words lettered in the shape of a megaphone, 上面的字母排列成擴音器的形狀 as if to say even louder to the world, 就像在大聲告訴這個世界

its one-and-a-half-inch soft pine stem capped 它那一英寸半長的軟鬆埂上覆蓋著 by a grainy dark purple head,so sober and furious 一個帶顆粒的深紫色火柴頭如此肅穆且猖狂 and stubbornly ready to burst into flame, 它執著地要去燃成火焰

lighting,perhaps,the cigarette of the woman you love, 或許是去點燃你愛的女人手中的煙 for the first time,and it was never really the same after that. 這是第一次 也是無法複製的 最後一次

All this will we give you." 我們將給你這一切 That is what you gave me, 那是你給予我的 I become the cigarette and you the match, 我若為煙 你便是那火柴 or I the match and you the cigarette, 或者 我若為火柴 你便是那支菸 blazing with kisses that shoulder toward heaven. 燃燒即相吻 化為煙縷升向天堂

Another One 另一個 When you're a child 當你還是孩童時候 You learn there are dimensions:height,width,depth. 你知道世界上有三個維度：長度 寬度 和深度 Like shoebox. 就像鞋盒 Then later you hear there's a fourth dimension:time 之後你還有第四個維度 :時間

Hum 嗯 Then some say there can be five,six,seven… 然後有人說 還有五維 六維 七維… I knock off work, have a bear at the bar. 我下班後 在酒吧裡 喝杯啤酒 I look down at the glass and feel glad. 我向下看著杯子 感到一陣愉悅

Poem 詩篇 I‘m in the house 我在房子裡 It's nice out：warm sun on cold snow 外面舒服 暖和 陽光照在冰冷的雪上 First day of spring or last of winter 初春的第一天 或是晚冬的最後一天 My legs run up the stairs and out the door,my top half here writing 我的雙腿跑下樓 跑出門 而我的上半身 正在寫詩