泥土和洞穴里的小生命

泥土和洞穴里的小生命,
在寻找食物,保持体温,
它们与我们不同,然而
却有割不断的亲切感:
我们渴望也有那样的朴素
有个小窝,小洞,还有小巢。

而我们感受到的同一性
——也许不确定,也许不真实——
将把我们一直连在一起;
当我看到石头、黏土、白垩,
被压倒的小草,摇摆的草茎,
我看见的,是你。

The Little Lives of Earth and Form

The little lives of earth and form, Of finding food, and keeping warm, Are not like ours, and yet A kinship lingers nonetheless: We hanker for the homeliness Of den, and hole, and set. And this identity we feel —Perhaps not right, perhaps not real— Will link us constantly; I see the rock, the clay,…