女儿--丽泽.缪乐

我下一首诗将是愉快的，
我自己承诺。然后你来了
带着深深的眼眸，你的牛仔长裤，
细长的双手，你的机智，
你不可思议的知识，和你的孤独感。
所有你父亲种下的花儿，所有
结实的青豆，
所有世界上有记载的钢琴
和这个令人激动的日子
都不能改变那个。
My next poem will be happy,
I promise myself. Then you come
with your deep eyes, your tall jeans,
your narrow hands, your wit,
your uncanny knowledge, and
your loneliness. All the flowers
your father planted, all
the green beans that have made it,
all the world’s recorded pianos
and this exhilarating day
cannot change that.

“Daughter” by Lisel Mueller from Alive Together. © Louisiana State University Press, 1996