Trees
J.Kilmer
I think that I shall J.Kilmernever see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with the rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
樹
我想我從未見過一首
美如玉樹的詩章。
一棵張著饑餓嘴巴的樹，
緊壓在大地甘美而流暢的乳房上；
一棵整天望著神的樹，
舉起枝葉繁茂的手臂來祈禱；
一棵樹在夏日里可能
戴著一窩知更鳥在頭發上；
雪花堆積在她的懷抱里；
雨水也和她親切地生活在一起。
像我這樣愚笨的人可以做詩，
但唯有神方能造樹。
THE NEW YEAR
Alfred Tennyson
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
新年
響吧，狂暴的鐘，向著狂野的天空，
向著亂云，向著寒光。
這一年即將在今夜逝去，
響吧，狂暴的鐘，讓他消亡。
鐘聲送舊，鐘聲迎新，
響吧，幸福的鐘，響徹皚皚白雪。
這一年即將離去，讓他去吧。
鐘聲送偽，鐘聲迎真。
鐘聲送走揪心的痛苦，
為了我們不能再見的人，
鐘聲送走貧富間的宿怨，
鐘聲迎來全人類的祥和。 |
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