In Ravenna

时间：2014-03-25 06:29:01

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In Ravenna

Chad Davidson

Three boys, old enough to hurt someone,

young enough to think it doesn't matter,

sat outside the small green plot I came to.

Dante's grave. All of us pulled there,

experiencing gravity, out of control

for different reasons. I could not prepare,

really, for facing this, just as these boys --

smoking too deliberately¹, collars relieved

like rose petals² from the extravagant

ceilings of basilicas（长方形会堂） -- could not understand

their own indifference³, or why they huddled,

stared when I walked by. They were a type

of beauty, as far as beauty is ignorant of itself,

disdainful of place: that casual square,

Franciscan façade, that entire city turning

under the swelter of an afternoon, June

in the marshlands（沼泽地） to the east. Sometimes,

I stand in front of history and feel nothing.

Then, some wrecked⁴ mosaic⁵, awkward

in the transom（横梁） of a secondary church, behaves

just so, as if the artists thought of me and all

my imperfections. Sometimes, people gather

in the hearts of forgotten cities, and I hate them

for their nonchalance⁶（冷漠）, the terror in their boredom⁷.

They have been dying here for millennia⁸, these boys,

and there is little I can do, on this casual trip

in the heat, map in hand, to guide them out.

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1 deliberately
adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地
参考例句：
The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。 They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

2 petals
n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )
参考例句：
white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣 The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 indifference
n.不感兴趣，不关心，冷淡，不在乎
参考例句：
I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。 He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。

4 wrecked
adj.失事的，遇难的
参考例句：
the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸 the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

5 mosaic
n./adj.镶嵌细工的，镶嵌工艺品的，嵌花式的
参考例句：
The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。 The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。

6 nonchalance
n.冷淡，漠不关心
参考例句：
She took her situation with much nonchalance.她对这个处境毫不介意。 He conceals his worries behind a mask of nonchalance.他装作若无其事，借以掩饰内心的不安。

7 boredom
n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊
参考例句：
Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。 A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

8 millennia
n.一千年，千禧年
参考例句：
For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。 In the course of millennia, the dinosaurs died out. 在几千年的时间里，恐龙逐渐死绝了。