秋 夕
Charles Simic
十三姨夫 译
在曾祖母的时代
只要一把扫帚
就可以漫游世界
追逐南飞的大雁
星星知道所有的故事
但是，解读这些秘密
我们必须耳语
它们才不会听见
月亮女神
带着没有指针的钟
踏上旅程
在永恒的彼岸
为我订一条船
倾听时光偶尔搁浅
热爱夜晚的人们啊
天空已经排摆盛宴
让我们坐在夜幕的一角
品味无限与永远
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.
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.
