中译：为何我贪恋美酒？

作者：【美】吉姆·莫里森
译者：子觀

为何我贪恋美酒？
这样我就能写诗。

有时当才思吐尽
陋言蛰伏
进沉睡
终有苏醒的一刻
存留着至真
虽肉体创毁
灵魂渐强。

原谅我 父亲 因为我清楚
我在做什幺。
我想听见最后的诗人
的最后的诗篇

原文：

原诗：Why do I drink?

Jim Morrison

Why do I drink?
So that I can write poetry.

Sometimes when it’s all spun out
and all that is ugly recedes
into a deep sleep
There is an awakening
and all that remains is true.
As the body is ravaged
the spirit grows stronger.

Forgive me Father for I know
what I do.
I want to hear the last Poem
of the last Poet.

节选自《Wilderness – Volume I – The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison》