Another Reason Why I Dont Keep A Gun In The House 我家中不存枪的另一原因

Another Reason Why I Dont Keep A Gun In The House
By Billy Collins

我家中不存枪的另一原因
比利。柯林斯
云天译



The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.

邻家的狗叫个不停。

He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.

每当他们出门，那狗就开始
有节奏地高声大叫。

They must switch him on on their way out.

主人出去时，肯定揿了狗的开关.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.

邻家的狗叫个不停。

I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

我把屋里每扇窗都关上
把贝多芬交响乐开到最大音量
还是能透过音乐听到他闷声叫着
汪, 汪, 汪。

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

现在，我甚至瞧见他坐在演奏席上，
自信满满地扬着他的狗头, 好像贝多芬
为狗吠专设了一个声部似的。

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

唱片总算放完了，可他还在叫，
端坐在双簧管区那边，
两只狗眼凝视着正用指挥棒
恳求他的指挥

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

此时其他音乐家凝神屏气, 都在恭听
这位大名鼎鼎的吠狗的独奏，
听那最初使贝多芬享誉创新天才的
绕梁三日的尾声.

云天晕语:

正如丝社所言, Billy Bollins 的诗"幽默诙谐".  

此诗除了标题有"gun", 全诗再不见第二个枪字.

诗中除了狗叫,还是狗叫, 连贝多芬的交响曲都无法淹没狗的吠叫, 狗甚至成了乐团一员, 最后还表演独奏呢.

诗人想象力何其好, 以幽默的笔法将无奈写得淋漓尽致.   邻家有这样有演奏天才的狗, 诗人该笑还是哭?  如果诗人家中有枪, 他又会怎样?  

这只是家中不存枪的 "another reason",  那么其它原因呢?  反对拥枪者自然会替诗人回答.  

wiki:

William James "Billy" Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. He is currently a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.