《有時，當光線》by 穆勒

有時，當光線   林木譯

 

有時，當光線從特殊的角度射來

把你帶回童年

 

你路過一座搖搖欲墜的大宅

它完全藏在老柳樹後麵

 

或是一座空修道院，守門的是鐵杉

和並肩而立的巨杉，

 

你會再次感到在那堵牆後麵，

柳樹未剪的發絲下

 

有什麽秘密正在發生，

既神奇又危險

 

假如你爬進去窺見了，

你會死去，或永遠幸福。

 

Sometimes, When the Light

by Lisel Mueller

 

Sometimes, when the light strikes at odd angles

and pulls you back into childhood

 

and you are passing a crumbling mansion

completely hidden behind old willows

 

or an empty convent guarded by hemlocks

and giant firs standing hip to hip,

 

you know again that behind that wall,

under the uncut hair of the willows

 

something secret is going on,

so marvelous and dangerous

 

that if you crawled through and saw,

you would die, or be happy forever.