Leaves 詩與譯詩

Leaves
Sara Teasdale

One by one, like leaves from a tree,
All my faiths have forsaken me;
But the stars above my head
Burn in white and delicate red,
And beneath my feet the earth
Brings the sturdy grass to birth.

I who was content to be,
But a silken-singing tree,
But a rustle of delight
In the wistful heart of night-
I have lost the leaves that knew
Touch of rain and weight of dew.

Blinded by a leafy crown
I looked neither up nor down-
But the little leaves that die
Have left me room to see the sky;
Now for the first time I know
Stars above and earth below.


樹葉
廖康 譯
短評：此詩意境高遠，運用擴展的比喻extended metaphor，表現失小得大，棄傲贏謙。

我所有的信念如同落葉，
一片片離去，不辭而別；
但頭上的群星仍在燃燒，
發出白熾和微紅的光燁，
而我腳下的大地母親
仍為勁草輸入生命的體液。

我曾滿足於作一顆小樹，
輕聲地歌唱，柔弱地曼舞，
在夜晚沉思寂靜的心裏
發出欣喜的聲響悉簌——
我已經失去了那些葉子，
他們隻知道滋潤的雨露。

我曾被繁茂的葉冠遮擋
既不能低看又不能仰望——
但我再次看到了長空，
正因為那些小葉子死亡；
讓我平生第一次看到
群星的閃亮和大地的蒼茫。

2013/5/14

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