《鸟儿飞至此处》

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《鸟儿飞至此处》

作者：（美国）艾米丽--迪金森  译者：净远居主人

鸟儿飞至此处，然后信步
它不知道我在瞧它
它把角虫撕成两半
将它活生生地吃掉

然后在近处的草坪上
饮下露水
然后满着希望地斜靠着墙
让甲虫经过

它用迅捷的眼睛浏览
快速转动眼珠
那些甲虫，像以串珠子，我想
它转动天鹅绒的头部

像处于危险之中；谨慎地
我用面包屑喂它
它摊开羽毛
然后划水回到温柔之窝

好像双桨分开海水
那缝隙有银光色
或像蝴蝶，飞离正午之岸
飞跃，飞溅水滴，当它们在游泳的时候


附：原文
A Bird Came Down
A bird came down the walk:He did not know I saw;He bit an angle-worm in halvesAnd ate the fellow, raw.And then he drank a dewFrom a convenient grass,And then hopped sidewise to the wallTo let a beetle pass.He glanced with rapid eyesThat hurried all abroad,--They looked like frightened beads, I thought;He stirred his velvet headLike one in danger; cautious,I offered him a crumb,And he unrolled his feathersAnd rowed him softer homeThan oars divide the ocean,Too silver for a seam,Or butterflies, off banks of noon,Leap, splashless, as they swim.