Joyce Kilmer - Tree 汉译

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A poem lovely as a tree.

 

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast;

 

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

 

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

 

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

 

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

 

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乔伊斯·基尔默

 

我想我永远看不到

一首诗像一棵树那样美好。

 

一棵树将饥渴的口腔

紧贴大地温情畅流的胸膛；

 

一棵树整天仰望着上帝，

举着她祈祷状的多叶手臂；

 

一棵树也许在夏季

戴上一个知更鸟巢在她的发丛里；

 

皑雪曾落在她怀抱里；

她和雨相处亲密。

 

像我这样的傻瓜是写得了诗的，

但是造树只有上帝。