21「沒哪個準將一年到頭」NO brigadier throughout the year

沒哪個準將一年到頭

如松鴉那樣市民化。

既是個鄰居，又是個勇士，

滿懷尖叫般的狂喜，

一路追逐責難我們

這個二月天的風，

宇宙兄弟

從來都吹不走。

雪花和他親密無間；

我常見他們在一起嬉戲

老天在上注目著大家

神色如此凜冽，

我覺得理所應當

給受辱的天空賠禮道歉，

它誇張的皺眉只是滋養

他們的冒失莽撞。

這個大膽腦袋的睡枕

是氣味難聞的常青樹；

他的食櫥—寡言又好斗—

未知的，提神醒脑的東西；

他的性格滋潤，

他的未來難說；

不公的一種不朽

把這位鄰居遺漏。

（老哈譯，2019.10.4.）

NO brigadier throughout the year

So civic as the Jay.

A neighbor and a warrior too,

With shrill felicity

Pursuing winds that censure us

A February day,

The brother of the universe

Was never blown away.

The snow and he are intimate;

I ’ve often seen them play

When heaven looked upon us all

With such severity,

I felt apology were due

To an insulted sky,

Whose pompous frown was nutriment

To their temerity.

The pillow of this daring head

Is pungent evergreens;

His larder—terse and militant—

Unknown, refreshing things;

His character a tonic,

His future a dispute;

Unfair an immortality

That leaves this neighbor out.