J · R · Rowland - Dawn Stepping Down 汉译

Dawn stepping down into the garden
Stepping down
Lightly about the roofs, sets in bare trees
Heavy lumps of birds, woodpigeons; places
Ladder against wall, uncovers
The houses’ naked sleeping faces
And closed eyes

Sends overhead a film of cloud
Shallow blue
Spellbound vapour:stepping down
Across the printless lawn, invisible
Palpable being, whose presence all the choir
Of sparrow and pigeon now makes audible
In celebration

Till I,holding a feeding baby
Notice his eyes
Turn to the window, and following
Almost see the unhurried passing angel
Whose cool gauze brushes the crocus
Darts clustered under trees, the fleeting angle
Of a bent wing.