一个礼物
那个生物是谁
他又在渴望谁?
那是我,我坚信。我
并不试图叫出他的名字
因为怕他把我踩在脚下。
你相信什么,他问道。
我们都想要独处,
我回答他,除了我们
不想独处的时候;这个世界
已经向我的悲伤敞开
并且吃掉了它的大部分;
而今天是一个礼物于是
我准备好接受你。
作者 / [美国] 凯瑟琳·斯塔巴克
翻译 / 光诸
A Gift
Who is that creature
and who does he want?
Me, I trust. I do not
attempt to call out his
name for fear he will
tread on me. What do
you believe, he asks.
That we all want to be
alone, I reply, except when
we do not; that the world
was open to my sorrow
and ate most of it; that
today is a gift and I am
ready to receive you.
KATHRYN STARBUCK