保障 威廉·斯塔福德(試譯:淺白)
明天就會有個島嶼了。入夜前
我總會找到它。然後便是下一個島。
這些日間隱藏的位置,隔斷着
並移前,若你能伸手招引的話。
但在此之前,你得先知道它們存在。
然遲早將有一個明日:再無任何島嶼出現。
目前,我還未讓它發生過;但在我
走後,他人或會失去信念,或細心。
在他們眼前將翻滾着空闊、沒坼裂的大海,
而無有希望,瞪視着盡處的海平線。
是以,朋友,我且坦白我的祕訣:
作為一個發掘者,你先攥實任何
你能找到的事物;一會後你再決定
它是甚麼。最後,穩靠於你曾待過的所在,
你轉身朝向外海,並放手
8/12/2024初稿
10/12/2024二稿
Security
By William Stafford (from his 1991 collection Passwords)
Tomorrow will have an island. Before night
I always find it. Then on to the next island.
These places hidden in the day separate
and come forward if you beckon.
But you have to know they are there before they exist.
Some time there will be a tomorrow without any island.
So far, I haven't let that happen, but after
I'm gone others may become faithless and careless.
Before them will tumble the wide unbroken sea,
and without any hope they will stare at the horizon.
So to you, Friend, I confide my secret:
to be a discoverer you hold close whatever
you find, and after a while you decide
what it is. Then, secure in where you have been,
you turn to the open sea and let go.
明天就會有個島嶼了。入夜前
我總會找到它。然後便是下一個島。
這些日間隱藏的位置,隔斷着
並移前,若你能伸手招引的話。
但在此之前,你得先知道它們存在。
然遲早將有一個明日:再無任何島嶼出現。
目前,我還未讓它發生過;但在我
走後,他人或會失去信念,或細心。
在他們眼前將翻滾着空闊、沒坼裂的大海,
而無有希望,瞪視着盡處的海平線。
是以,朋友,我且坦白我的祕訣:
作為一個發掘者,你先攥實任何
你能找到的事物;一會後你再決定
它是甚麼。最後,穩靠於你曾待過的所在,
你轉身朝向外海,並放手
8/12/2024初稿
10/12/2024二稿
Security
By William Stafford (from his 1991 collection Passwords)
Tomorrow will have an island. Before night
I always find it. Then on to the next island.
These places hidden in the day separate
and come forward if you beckon.
But you have to know they are there before they exist.
Some time there will be a tomorrow without any island.
So far, I haven't let that happen, but after
I'm gone others may become faithless and careless.
Before them will tumble the wide unbroken sea,
and without any hope they will stare at the horizon.
So to you, Friend, I confide my secret:
to be a discoverer you hold close whatever
you find, and after a while you decide
what it is. Then, secure in where you have been,
you turn to the open sea and let go.
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