你将记得

你将记得那变化莫测的溪谷,
在那儿悸动的香气上扬,
有时候飞来一只鸟,穿着
水色和悠然:冬天的衣饰。

你将记得那些大地馈赠的礼物:
暴躁的芬芳,金黄的泥土,
灌木丛中的野草,疯狂蔓生的树根,
利如刀剑的奇妙荆棘。

你将记得你采摘过的花束,
阴影与寂静之水的花束,
仿佛缀满泡沫的石头般的花束。

那段时光似乎前所未有,又似乎一向如此:
我们去那里,一无所求,
却发现一切都在那儿等候。

You Will Remember

You will remember that leaping stream where sweet aromas rose and trembled, and sometimes a bird, wearing water and slowness, its winter feathers. You will remember those gifts from the earth: indelible scents, gold clay, weeds in the thicket and crazy roots, magical thorns like swords. You’ll remember the bouquet you picked, shadows and silent…