seamus heaney
Blackberry-Picking
Late August, given heavy rain and sun
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.
At first, just one, a glossy purple clot
Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.
You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet
Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it
Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for
Picking. Then red ones inked up and that hunger
Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots
Where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots.
Round hayfields, cornfields and potato-drills
We trekked and picked until the cans were full
Until the tinkling bottom had been covered
With green ones, and on top big dark blobs burned
Like a plate of eyes. Our hands were peppered
With thorn pricks, our palms sticky as Bluebeard’s.
We hoarded the fresh berries in the byre.
But when the bath was filled we found a fur,
A rat-grey fungus, glutting on our cache.
The juice was stinking too. Once off the bush
The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour.
I always felt like crying. It wasn’t fair
That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot.
Each year I hoped they’d keep, knew they would not
Akhir Agustus, diberi hujan deras dan sengitSelama seminggu penuh, blackberry akan matang.Awalnya, hanya satu, gumpalan ungu mengilapAntara lain merah, hijau, keras seperti simpul.Anda makan yang pertama dan dagingnya manisSeperti anggur yang menebal: darah musim panas ada di dalamnyaMeninggalkan noda pada lidah dan nafsu untukPemetikan. Lalu yang merah itu bertinta dan rasa lapar ituMengirim kami keluar dengan kaleng susu, kaleng kacang, selaiDimana brengsek tergores dan rumput basah dikelantang sepatu bot kami.Ladang rumput bulat, ladang jagung dan kentang-latihanKami berjalan kaki dan mengambilnya sampai kalengnya penuhSampai bagian bawah berdenting sudah ditutupiDengan yang hijau, dan di atas gumpalan gelap besar dibakarSeperti sepiring mata. Tangan kami dibumbuiDengan duri berduri, telapak tangan kami lengket seperti Bluebeard's.Kami menimbun berries segar di byre.Tapi saat mandi penuh kami menemukan bulu,Jamur tikus-abu, mengunyah cache kami.Jusnya juga berbau busuk. Begitu keluar dari semak-semakBuah yang difermentasi, dagingnya yang manis akan menjadi asam.Aku selalu merasa ingin menangis. Itu tidak adilBahwa semua wangi yang indah itu berbau busuk.Setiap tahun aku berharap mereka tetap bertahan, tahu tidak
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