秋夕

 

 

秋 夕

Charles Simic
十三姨夫 譯

 

在曾祖母的時代
隻要一把掃帚
就可以漫遊世界
追逐南飛的大雁

 

星星知道所有的故事
但是，解讀這些秘密
我們必須耳語
它們才不會聽見

 

月亮女神
帶著沒有指針的鍾
踏上旅程
在永恒的彼岸
為我訂一條船
傾聽時光偶爾擱淺

 

熱愛夜晚的人們啊
天空已經排擺盛宴
讓我們坐在夜幕的一角
品味無限與永遠

 

 

Autumn Sky

by Charles Simic

 

In my great grandmother's time,
All one needed was a broom
To get to see places
And give the geese a chase in the sky.

The stars know everything,
So we try to read their minds.
As distant as they are,
We choose to whisper in their presence.

Oh Cynthia,
Take a clock that has lost its hands
For a ride.
Get me a room at Hotel Eternity
Where Time likes to stop now and then.

Come, lovers of dark corners,
The sky says,
And sit in one of my dark corners.
There are tasty little zeroes
In the peanut dish tonight.

[小8毛]

想象給我們了翅膀，自由的翱翔....很美的詩。