Name: 【TED】莎拉-凱：《一隻鳥做的鳥》（《一隻鳥做的鳥》|莎拉-凱）。 (【TED】Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds" ("A Bird Made of Birds" | Sarah Kay))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:19:49.000Z
Duration: 4 min 54 s

I have a friend named Kaveh Akbar, who is a fellow poet.

我有個朋友名叫卡非•阿克巴， 他和我一樣是個詩人。

在網路上，他發現一張 藍鯨心臟的解剖照片，

that scientists had hung on a hook from the ceiling,

科學家用鉤子把心臟 從天花板懸吊下來，

which is how they were able to observe that the heart of a blue whale

is big enough that a person can stand up fully inside of it.

藍鯨的心臟之大， 容得下一個人站在裡面。

卡非在網路上分享這張照片時，

that the universe has already written the poem you were planning on writing."

你計畫要寫的詩， 老天爺已經寫過了。」

And when I first saw that, I was horrified.

I was like, "Come on, man! I'm trying to invent new metaphors!

我心想：「喂！ 我還想發明新的隱喻呢！

I'm trying to discover beauty that hasn't been discovered yet.

我還想發掘還沒被發現過的美。

What do you mean, the universe is always going to get there before me?"

你是說老天爺總會比我快一步嗎？」

And I know this isn't a uniquely poet problem,

我知道這不是只有詩人才有的問題，

but on days when the world feels especially big

「身為詩人，我還有甚麼 值得貢獻的呢？」

不久前，我看到一個影片， 你們可能已經看過了。

Not long ago, I saw this video that some of you may have seen.

這影片每兩個月 就在網路上發燒一次。

It makes the internet rounds every couple of months.

There are these birds that are called starlings,

牠們集體飛行的樣子， 稱為「鳥雲」，

and they fly in what's called a "murmuration,"

就是一大群鳥在天空飛翔， 樣子像朵雲。

which is generally just a big cloud of birds.

有人用手機捕捉到椋鳥飛行的短片。

And someone happened to catch a quick video on their phone

剛開始只是沒有特定隊形的一群鳥，

And at first, it's just an amorphous blob,

在天空中排成一隻椋鳥的形狀！

and then there's a moment where the birds shift,

（喘氣聲）「你計畫要寫的詩，

(Gasps) "The universe has already written the poem

我的任務可能不是發明新東西，

Except, for the first time, it didn't fill me with despair.

而是要聽聽老天爺要告訴我些甚麼，

Maybe it's not my job to invent something new.

Maybe instead it's my job to listen to what the universe is showing me

and to keep myself open to what the universe offers,

The universe has already written the poem

看著牠們的身體以與生俱來的 舞姿上下移動，編起隊伍，

成群飛翔，像是在天空中拉起窗簾，

you can do nothing but point at the flock of starlings

whose bodies rise and fall in inherited choreography,

這時你的嘴巴張成「o」的形狀，

當然藍鯨的心臟跟房子一樣大，

心室裡容得下一個人站在裡面。

As in, of course the heart of a blue whale is as large as a house

with chambers tall enough to fit a person standing.

無花果實，就是她生命變幻的證據。

when a lady wasp lays her eggs inside a flower,

文字太愚蠢，描寫不出那巧妙。

the fruit, evidence of her transformation.

your silly language will not stick to it.

我是一個跟房子一樣大的藍色心臟， 你可以站在裡面。

This blue heart a house you can stand up inside of.

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【TED】莎拉-凱：《一隻鳥做的鳥》（《一隻鳥做的鳥》|莎拉-凱）。 (【TED】Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds" ("A Bird Made of Birds" | Sarah Kay))

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