Looking at the Sky仰望天空by Anne Porte

Looking at the Sky
by Anne Porter

I never will have time
I never will have time enough
To say
How beautiful it is
The way the moon
Floats in the air
As easily
And lightly as a bird
Although she is a world
Made all of stone.

I never will have time enough
To praise
The way the stars
Hang glittering in the dark
Of steepest heaven
Their dewy sparks
Their brimming drops of light
So fresh so clear
That when you look at them
It quenches thirst.

仰望天空

没有时间
没有足够的时间
来说
月亮漂浮在空中
的样子
多美呀
如同一只鸟
那么自然，轻盈
虽然她是
一个石头打造的世界。

没有足够的时间
去赞美
挂在黑暗中
天穹最深处
闪闪发光的星群
他们露珠般的闪亮
他们充盈流泻的光
那么清新，那么清晰
你如果仰头观望
饥渴顿消。


3/14/2012