康波斯特拉的聖地牙哥

Adam Zagajewski 是一位波蘭詩人，這首詩剛剛發表於《紐約書評》 5月27日的半月刊。

詩人剛剛三月底在克拉科夫去世，享年75歲。

Light drizzle as if the Atlantic

were examining its conscience

November no longer pretends

Rain dowsed its bonfires and sparks

Santiago is Spain’s secret capital

Patrols arrive day and night

Pilgrims wander its streets, exhausted

or eager, like ordinary tourists

A woman sat by the cathedral

She leaned on her backpack and sobbed

The pilgrimage is over

Where will she go now

Cathedrals are only stones

Stones don’t know motion

Evening approaches

and winter

—-- Adam Zagajewski 

translated by Clare Cavanaugh

Published on New York Review, May 27, 2021 issue

New York Review, May 27, 2021 issue