哦上帝，哦维纳斯，哦水星，盗贼的守护神，
我恳求你，适当时候，给我一家小烟草店，
里面有小亮盒
整齐地堆放在货架上，
还有散装的板烟
和烟丝，
还有明亮的弗吉尼亚
散落在明亮的玻璃柜里，
和一对秤
不要太油腻，
以及有人路过时顺便进来聊上两句，
说一句俏皮话，稍微整理一下头发。
哦上帝，哦维纳斯，哦水星，盗贼的守护神，
借给我一家小烟草店，
或者给我安排任何工作
除了这该死的写作，
任何时候都要动脑子。
The Lake Isle /Azra Pound
O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves,
Give me in due time, I beseech you, a little tobacco-shop,
With the little bright boxes
piled up neatly upon the shelves
And the loose fragment cavendish
and the shag,
And the bright Virginia
loose under the bright glass cases,
And a pair of scales
not too greasy,
And the votailles dropping in for a word or two in passing,
For a flip word, and to tidy their hair a bit.
O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves,
Lend me a little tobacco-shop,
or install me in any profession
Save this damn'd profession of writing,
where one needs one's brains all the time.
