Robert Lowell, ʻO ka haku mele ʻAmelika, i make i kēia lā i ka makahiki 1977. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia i loko o kahi ʻohana no ka hui kiʻekiʻe ma Boston, aka, ua pilikia kona ola ana. ʻAʻona, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka haukapila i kekahi mau manawa ma nā hale noʻonoʻo i kona ola ana, a iwaena o kana poe haumana Silvia Plath y ʻO Anne Sexton. Hoʻomanaʻo mākou me kēia waeʻia o nā mele.
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ʻO Robert Lowell — Koho ʻana i nā mele
ʻO nā pā ʻelua
He pā keʻokeʻo ke alo i ka paia ʻeleʻele
ma kekahi wahi, a hoala kekahi i kekahi.
Puhi kēlā me kēia i ka ʻālohilohi i lawe ʻia mai kekahi.
ʻO nā pā, e ala ana, e hoʻomau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana,
Ua like ko lakou mau kala, elua aka keokeo,
e noho ana kēlā me kēia ma ka malu o kekahi.
Pehea ka maʻalahi o kēia mau ʻokoʻa ke hiki ʻole iā mākou ke koho hou.
I ke alo o ia mea hoʻopaʻi ʻO Don Juan Ua wehe paha ʻo ia i kāna pahi kaua.
ʻElua pā pōhaku keʻokeʻo i ʻaelike;
ʻO kāna ʻimi ʻana i ka hauʻoli a me kāna ʻano like ʻole…
I kēia manawa o ka civilization, kēia wahi o ka honua,
ʻO ka hui ʻoluʻolu wale nō e noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻo ka make.
I keia kakahiaka, he puu i ko'u puu, ke moe nei au maanei,
hanu eha o ka uhane
mai New York.
ʻO ke ola maikaʻi
Mohala nā lāʻau, a momi nā lau me ka noe
Ma luna o mākou, ua pā lākou iā lākou iho i loko o ke kīʻaha waina o nā elms,
wahine, keiki a me ka hale: ke kumu a me ka pono ole o ke ola;
kōkua, ke ahi decomposition…
ʻaʻole naʻe no nā mekala e palu ana i nā hoki i loko o ka ulu lāʻau peacock.
ke kiola ʻana i ka hua manu i ka moa hakakā koko,
a i ʻole ka luaʻi ʻulaʻula ma ke kahua kauā—
ma ko Tito Roma, luuluu, pepehi kanaka, a makemake e hooluolu.
Hoʻopuni ʻia ka ʻaeto e nā legiona hou a me nā manaʻoʻiʻo kahiko.
Mahalo paha ke kanaka kūʻokoʻa i ka hoʻomāinoino aupuni
(Kakaʻikahi ka ʻoluʻolu, he ʻeha pōhaku)
Ke hoʻomau nei ka huki ʻana i nā mea a mākou e poina ai,
i ka ʻīlio hiamoe, i ke kanaka koa i hoʻolimalima ʻia no ka weliweli,
momi no ka lei, apo ma ke kaulahao.
ʻO ka nihilist ma ke ʻano he koa
"ʻO kahi laina i hoʻoikaika ʻia ka mea a kā mākou poʻe haku mele e hāʻawi ai,
Akā, ʻo wai ka Palani i kākau i ʻeono mau laina ʻae ʻia, hoʻokahi ma hope o kekahi?
Wahi a Valery. No Sātana he lā hauʻoli ia.
Ua iini kekahi i na huaolelo e kau ana ma ka io o ka bipi ola.
aka, na ka lapalapa ahi anu o ka ipu hao e palu ai i ka laau metala;
ke ahi nani ʻole o ka wā kamaliʻi
kumakaia i na hihio monotonous.
Hoʻoulu ʻia ke ola e ka loli a me ka wehewehe ʻana,
I kēlā me kēia kau, hoʻopau mākou i nā kaua, nā wahine a me nā kaʻa hou
I kekahi manawa, ke ma'i a piha i ka pilikia,
Ke nānā nei au i ka lapalapa ahi o kēia pāʻani i ʻōmaʻomaʻo,
Loaʻa i ke kumu kulina nā pua a me nā hoʻonui ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Pono ka nihilist e ola i ka honua e like me ia
e nana ana i ka hiki ole ke pii i ka make.
ʻO nā hala hala ʻole
E hoʻolohe, kani nā bele mauʻu
ke alanui
o na huila hehi e lele ana ma ke ta
a me ka hau lehu ma lalo o ka hale wili hemp
a me ke kahawai tarpon. drooling, the oxen stop
kahaha i ka pale o ke kaa,
a ke nee nui nei lakou ma ka puu o San Pedro.
Aia hoi, o ka poe haumia ole i ka wahine, aole lakou eha
mai keia ao:
Ua hoʻōho ke aliʻi ʻo Herode i ka hoʻopaʻi ma hope o nā wāwae
o Iesu i wili a oolea i ka lewa.
He mōʻī o nā kamaliʻi hūpō. Eia hou aku
Herode ia Herode keia ao; a me ka makahiki,
ka tausani eiwa haneri me kanahakumamalima o ka lokomaikai
ʻAʻole me ka luhi ʻole a me nā poho e hoʻomālamalama i ka puʻu o nā pala
o ko kakou hoomaemae ana; ka hookokoke ana o na bipi
i ke kumu i hoohioloia o kona hale kiai,
ka hanai holoholona kahi e moe ai he kulina
a hoʻolaha ʻo holly no ka Kalikimaka. Ae like me Iesu
Ma lalo o ka ʻauamo e make ai lākou, ʻo wai ka mea e kanikau iā lākou?
E ke keikihipa, e ke keiki, pehea kou hoopunipuni ana!
Me he laau la ma ka wai
Kahea ka pouli i ka pouli, a me ka poino
ua kau ʻia ma nā puka makani o kēia i hoʻolālā ʻia
ʻO Boston Babel kahi e kamaʻilio ai kā mākou kālā
a hoʻomāhuahua i ka pouli ma luna o ka ʻāina
o ka hoomakaukau ana i kahi e hele ai ka Virgin
a hoʻopuni nā roses i kona maka enamel
a i ʻole ma nā mamala hāʻule lākou ma nā alanui maloʻo.
E ko makou Lede o Babulona, e hele mua, e hele mua,
ʻO wau nō kāu keiki punahele,
Lele, lele ma ke kumulāʻau, ma nā alanui.
Na nalo, na nalo, na nalo o Babulona
hum i loko o koʻu mau pepeiao oiai ka daimonio
hoolewa a me ke mele loihi o na kanaka e pahū ai ka hora
o na kulanakauhale lana kahi o ka poe hana pohaku o Babela
ke ao aku nei ka elelo gula o ka diabolo ia lakou
e kukulu i ke kulanakauhale o ka la apopo mai keia wahi a ka la.
ka mea ma Bosetona na alanui infernal
ʻaʻole ia e ʻālohilohi; he pahikaua ka la
e hoouka ana i ke kahu o ka Haku;
Lele, lele, ma ke kumulāʻau, ma nā alanui.
Lele ma luna o nā wai kupanaha o ka ʻAkelanika
ice cream, a me nā maka o Bernadette
Ua ʻike lākou i kā mākou Lede e kū ana i loko o ka lua
o Massabielle, maopopo loa
ua makapō kona ʻike i nā maka o ka noʻonoʻo. Halekupapau
ua hamama a hoopauia iloko o Kristo.
E na pa o Ieriko! a me na alanui a pau
e alakaʻi i ko mākou pā ʻAkelanika e hīmeni:
"E mele,
Mele no ke alahouana o ke Alii!
ʻO nā nalo, nā nalo ma luna o ka lāʻau ma nā alanui.