如何见到鹿

作者：菲利普·布兹（Philip Booth）

译者：酋长  TransFood西餐部落

忘记那些道路的旁支，

去到哪里都不要带着枪，

随意走你愿去走的路；

在孤独中寻觅，

或者在黎明初萌时分，

静坐在幽深林畔；

栖居在老旧的花园中，

所有的空地皆无旁人，

清晨的日光悠惬温存，

还有那日出前的雾霭，

永远，不怀希望地等待，

慢慢找寻你的运气；

静待风起，

享受你个人的静谧光景，

尝试了解那些蕨类植物；

像海龟一般，

慢慢潜入水底，

同时像那只苍鹭学习，

甘心享受这纯粹的静默，

让风包围你的身躯，

像山杨树叶一样轻颤，

相信你敏锐的天性：

让你的耳朵告诉你，

应该朝哪个方向倾听；

你将获得，

自己的保护色，

如今，它们在你的眼中，

更换了新的性状，

如今你已学会，

在无所期待中等待；

仿如在薄暮中，

眺望各处灯光渐起，

并获得真正的解脱；

一切事物豁然清晰，

认真审视它们，

你将见到你所要见的那一切。

How to See Deer

Philip Booth

Forget roadside crossings.

Go nowhere with guns.

Go elsewhere your own way,

lonely and wanting. Or

stay and be early:

next to deep woods

inhabit old orchards.

All clearings promise.

Sunrise is good,

and fog before sun.

Expect nothing always;

find your luck slowly.

Wait out the windfall.

Take your good time

to learn to read ferns;

make like a turtle:

downhill toward slow water.

Instructed by heron,

drink the pure silence.

Be compassed by wind.

If you quiver like aspen

trust your quick nature:

let your ear teach you

which way to listen.

You’ve come to assume

protective color; now

colors reform to

new shapes in your eye.

You’ve learned by now

to wait without waiting;

as if it were dusk

look into light falling:

in deep relief

things even out. Be

careless of nothing. See

what you see.