《在动荡的世界里研究鸟类》

姜海舟

Ornithology in a World of Flux

Robert Penn Warren

It was only a bird call at evening, unidentified,
As I came from the spring with water, across the rocky back-pasture;
But I stood so still sky above was not stiller than sky in pail-water.

Years pass,all places and faces fade,some people have died,
And I stand in a far land, the evening still, and am at last sure
That I miss more that stillness at bird-call than some things that were to fail later.



《在动荡的世界里研究鸟类》
作者：〔美国〕罗伯特·潘·沃伦，姜海舟翻译

傍晚只有一声鸟叫，类别不明，
我正从小溪带水而来，穿越多石的草场后方；
而我站起时，上方静止的天空并不比桶水中的天空宁静。

岁月流逝，所有的地点和面孔逐渐消逝，一些人死去了，
我站在远方的土地上，黄昏寂静，因此终于确信，
相比后来一些失败的事情，我更想念鸟叫的寂静。

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相比后来一些失败的事情，我更想念鸟叫的寂静。