Lifetime Performance

by Don Schaeffer

Translated by /Anna Yin

 

Don't worry,

this thing is warranteed.

When I look at the assembly

of springs and gears

so tentative. Don't worry,

 

this will be renewed no matter

if it dissociates and even

when the problem can't be found,

someone strong will come, gently

ease me aside, earn my trust,

beat back mysteries, replace parts

and make it run again.

 

Thinking about repairs

draws the poetry right out of me.

sometimes my life

does just that,

leaving me safe but

eternally uncertain.

终身性能

道 思切夫尔[加拿大马尼托巴]

加拿大/星子编译

 

没什么好担心的,

保险总会有效。

当我看着发条

和齿轮的装配,犹豫不决。

也没什么好担心的。

 

这些总在不断更新,

即使它分裂甚至

找不出毛病

总会有强有力的人到来,

轻轻把我推到一旁,

获得我的信任,

驱散神秘,更换零件,

使它又重新运转。

 

想到修理

便把诗从我身上引了出来。

有些时候,

我的一生仅仅为此,

留下我安全,

但又永远未知。