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A Bird Came Down

Emily Dickinson

A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.

And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass.

He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all abroad,--
They looked like frightened beads, I thought;
He stirred his velvet head

Like one in danger; cautious,
I offered him a crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home

Than oars divide the ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
Leap, splashless, as they swim.


一只鸟儿飞下来

作者：爱米丽·狄金森
翻译：苑眉

一只鸟儿飞下来停在道上：
他没有察觉我对他的注意；
兀自将一条蚯蚓啄碎
还吞下那家伙的肉体。

然后，就着身旁的草叶，
他饮下一滴露珠；
然后，蹦跳着跃到墙边，
他给一只甲壳虫让路。

滴溜溜他瞥了一下四周围，
用他那快速敏锐的眼珠子——
它们看起来像极受惊吓的链珠子，我认为；
并转动着他那柔软光滑的脑壳子

仿佛身处险境的某个人；小心地，
我扔给他一小块碎面包；
而他耸起了全身羽毛，
飞回了他更舒适的窠巢——

橹桨划破海洋不比家的感觉，
那荡漾的水纹也太过光亮，
不然蝶儿们飞渡正午的沙洲时，
不会溅湿他们的翅膀。