詹姆斯.賴特： 試著祈禱

這一次，吾喪我矣，在它
深暗色荊棘中嚎著。
然而，
這個世上仍有美好的東西。
黃昏到來。
這甜美的黑暗
出自女人烘烤麵包之手。
一棵樹的精靈開始移動。
我輕觸葉子。
閉上眼，想著水。

（微笑 譯）

Trying to Pray
by James H Wright

This time, I have left my body behind me, crying
In its dark thorns.
Still,
There are good things in this world.
It is dusk.
It is the good darkness
Of women’s hands that touch loaves.
The spirit of a tree begins to move.
I touch leaves.
I close my eyes, and think of water.