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时空本色(Sex in Space Time)
Mari-Lou Rowley
from Viral Suite (Anvil Press, 2004)
译者:郑中(Zheng Zhong)
Consider the curve of space
the swell of a breast, the concave
bowl of belly pooling droplets of sweat.
打量空间的曲线
乳波荡漾,腹部凹形的
杯儿,积满微小的汗滴
It's as simple as this, Einstein said
think of gravity as geometry, not
a force to be reckoned with.
她如此纯朴,爱因斯坦说
引力可视为几何,不是
一种不可忽视的力量
A body freely falling
through the vacuum of space
would chart a straight line
across the star-spangled night
if not for the mass of flesh rock water earth
curving space-time, holding satellites
and fragments of shuttle
in its nest of orbit.
让身体自由坠落
经过真空
绘出一条直线
穿越璀璨的夜空
若非因肉体、石头、水、土的质量
弯曲了时空,托着卫星
而航天飞机的碎片
进入它轨道的温床
For the same reason the earth revolves around
the sun, a hand falling through any arc of
air will choose the swelling mass of thigh
over nothing, for warmth
for meaning.
因同样的理由,地球围绕太阳
一只手落下,滑过空中的弧线
将改变大腿鼓起的质量
超越虚无吧,为了温暖
为了意义
Sex, gravity, quantum theory
are merely the play of
matter and energy, radiating
waves of photons dancing here and there
the pull and swell of bodies
in motion.
性,引力,量子理论
不过是
物质和能量的表演
光子辐射波到处狂舞
身体的吸引和鼓起
在运动
注释:
Einstein's general theory of relativity links the three dimensions of space and the fourth dimension of time in a dynamic cosmological continuum. Unfortunately, this theory, which provides a theory of gravity, does not incorporate the uncertainty of quantum mechanics and the wave-particle duality of matter. Finding a quantum theory of gravity and reconciling macrocosm with microcosm is one of the greatest challenges in physics.
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