Eagle Poem by Joy Harjo

Eagle Poem
by Joy Harjo

To pray you open your whole self
To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon
To one whole voice that is you.
And know there is more
That you can\'t see, can\'t hear
Can\'t know except in moments
Steadily growing, and in languages
That aren\'t always sound but other
Circles of motion.
Like eagle that Sunday morning
Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky
In wind, swept our hearts clean
With sacred wings.
We see you, see ourselves and know
That we must take the utmost care
And kindness in all things.
Breathe in, knowing we are made of
All this, and breathe, knowing
We are truly blessed because we
Were born, and die soon, within a
True circle of motion,
Like eagle rounding out the morning
Inside us.
We pray that it will be done
In beauty.
In beauty.

"Eagle Poem" by Joy Harjo, from In Mad Love and War. © Wesleyan University Press, 1990.
Joy Harjo (born Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 9, 1951) is a Native American poet, musician, and author of ancestry.
(有与大自然天地间神合的精神，也即天人合一。可能是和她的出身有关，Native American。
We pray that it will be done
In beauty.
In beauty. 这几句很有“圆寂”的意味)

鹰诗

把自己整个打开祈祷
面向天空、大地、太阳、月亮
面向整个属于你自己的声音。
并认识到还有很多
你看不见，听不到，
不知道，除了不断增长的时刻
以及不总是声音，却是
其它循环运动的语言。
如同那个星期日早晨盐河上空
的老鹰。于风中盘旋在
蓝天，用神圣的羽翼
把我们的心灵打扫干净。
我们看见你，看见我们自己
并懂得我们必须对一切事情
给予最大的关爱和善意。
深吸气，认识到我们由
这所有一切所创造，呼吸，认识到
我们十分有幸，因为我们
已出生并很快会死去，在一个
真正的循环运动中，
如同老鹰在我们心中
圆满飞行了一个早晨。
我们祈祷这一切会完结
于美满。
于美满。


(译文还不是很自然，还需调整）

05/10/2012