《致新年》新的一年，可以不完美但要精彩

《致新年》
作者：W·S·默温(美国)




在最终如许的沉静中
你在山谷里出现
你的第一缕阳光抵落
触碰到一些高高的
没有被搅扰的叶梢
仿佛它们没有留意到
也根本不认识你
而后一只鸽子的嗓音
从远处自发地
叫醒早晨的嘘静


所以这就是你的声音
此时此地无论是否
有任何人听到，这就是
岁月相随我们来过的地方
我们的知识不过如此
我们的希望不过如此
隐秘于我们面前
无法触及，却依旧可能






我们会回来那将会是春天
我们将不会比以前更老


——W·S·默温




To the New Year
                                      W. S. Merwin


With what stillness at last
you appear in the valley
your first sunlight reaching down
to touch the tips of a few
high leaves that do not stir
as though they had not noticed
and did not know you at all
then the voice of a dove calls
from far away in itself
to the hush of the morning


so this is the sound of you
here and now whether or not
anyone hears it this is
where we have come with our age
our knowledge such as it is
and our hopes such as they are
invisible before us
untouched and still possible








W·S·默温是1927年出生的诗人。早在大学读书期间就开始其诗人生涯


，处女诗集《门神的面具》被奥顿选入耶鲁青年诗人丛书。