Dead Sea
By Naomi Shihab Nye
You could call it a friend, holding you
in its salty palm, letting you feel lighter
on the planet thanks to salt, playing its
joke. I love its somber gray sheen,
its loneliness. It might have preferred
to be a cool wave, an icy Arctic lake,
or the burbling spring my grandmother listened to
her whole childhood before the settlers
drained it off from us. She says the spring
had secrets and knew where jewels were,
in a house nobody lived in, and only children
would ever find the key.
死海
【美】纳奥米·希哈布·奈
你可以把它当作朋友,它用咸咸的手掌
捧着你,让你感受到是盐
使你在这个星球更加轻飘。它跟你开着
玩笑。我喜欢它暗哑的灰色光泽,
和它的孤独。它也许更喜欢
作为一片凉爽的水波,一面冰冷的北极湖,
或者一汩叮咚泉水,我的祖母
童年的时候倾听着它,那时定居者
还未将它抽干。祖母说这泉水
有自己的秘密,它知道珍宝藏在,
一座无人居住的房子里,只有孩子们
才能找到房子的钥匙。
|
|
大牛,别默默的看了,快登录帮我点评一下吧!:)
登录 立即注册