天鹅

原诗：玛丽.奥利弗（美国）
汉译：惠兰 
　　
你是不是也看到它，整夜游荡在黯淡的河里？
你是不是在清晨看到它，飞向银色的空中——
一棒盛开的白色之花，以及
当它将头藏进翅膀时，一阵丝绸与亚麻般
完美的抖动；一道雪堤，一片开满百合的坡岸
此时，正用它的黑嘴刺进空中？
你是不是听到了它的笛声与哨声
一种尖锐而深沉的音乐——正如雨打树叶——正如飞流直下
黑色的暗礁？
你是不是看到它，最后，出现在云层之下——
如滑过天空的一个白十字架，而它的脚
像是黑色的树叶；而它的翅膀，像是河面伸展的光波？
你的内心，是不是正感到它，在如何回归万物？
而最终，你是不是就悟出了美的含义？
这，有没有改变你的生活呢？

附英文原文：

The Swan
Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air -
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black beak?
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling
A shrill dark music - like the rain pelting the trees - like a waterfall
Knifing down the black ledges?
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds -
A white cross Streaming across the sky, its feet
Like black leaves, its wings Like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?