(译) August Night (Sara Teasdale)

August Night

On a midsummer night, on a night that was eerie with stars,
In a wood too deep for a single star to look through,
You led down a path whose turnings you knew in the darkness,
But the scent of the dew-dripping cedars was all that I knew.

I drank of the darkness, I was fed with the honey f fragrance,
I was glad of my life, the drawing of breath was sweet;
I heard your voice, you said, "Look down, see the glow-worm!"
It was there before me, a small star white at my feet.

We watched while it brightened as though it were breathed on and burning,
This tiny creature moving over earth's floor--
" 'L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle,'"
You said, and no more.

八月夜

仲夏夜，繁星苍穹点，
深林径陌独徘徊，
引向小径 黑暗里，
唯识青露香柏*。

沉醉于夜寂，贪婪着凝香，
感谢生命的赐予，呼吸间的甘甜；
耳边，你说，“看，萤火虫！”
呼明吸灭 燃烧着前路
小小的身影晃在人世间
“是慈悲也，动太阳而移群星”**
你说，声音荡彻夜的呼吸。

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*：此处香柏（cedars）与《圣经》相呼应。《圣经》诗篇中提到的的“香柏树”大都指产于黎巴嫩的香柏树。“佳美的树木，就是黎巴嫩的香柏树，是耶和华所栽种的，都满了汁浆。”

**：“L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle,” 出自但丁（Dante）的《神曲》(Divine Comedy)结束语。《神曲》叙述主人公在三十五岁时迷失方向，之后在贝雅特丽的关注与指引下， 游历了地狱、炼狱和天国。

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