米沃什《万圣节前夜》

小龟

万圣节前夜

切斯拉夫·米沃什

在我最喜爱月份的巨大沉寂中，

十月（枫树的红，橡树的青铜，

一片鲜黄的叶飘在桦树上方），

我庆幸这时间的停滞。

死者辽阔的国度在每一处敞开：

林荫道的拐角，穿过公园的草坪。

然而我不必进入，还未接到召唤。

汽船停靠在河边，道路隐没于松针。

天早早黑了，对岸没有灯光。

我将要参加鬼魂和女巫的舞会。

一个代表团会戴着面具与假发出现，

舞蹈，不被认出，在生者的合唱中。

小龟

ALL HALLOWS' EVE

In the great silence of my favorite month,
October(the red of maples,the bronze of oaks,
A clear-yellow leaf here and there on birthes),
I celebrated the standstill of time.

The vast country of the dead had its beginning everywhere:
At the ture of a tree-lined alley,across park lawns.
But I did not have to enter,I was not called yet.

Motorboats pulled up on the river bank,paths in pine needles.
It was getting dark early,no lights on the other side.

I was going to attend the ball of ghosts and witches.
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance,unrecognized,in the chorus of the living.

South Hadley,1985