Parting Gift
Elinor Wylie (埃莉诺.怀利)
I cannot give you the Metropolitan Tower;
I cannot give you heaven;
Nor the nine Visigoth crowns in the Cluny Museum;
Nor happiness, even.
But I can give you a very small purse
Made out of field-mouse skin,
With a painted picture of the universe
And seven blue tears therein.
I cannot give you the island of Capri;
I cannot give you beauty;
Nor bake you marvellous crusty cherry pies
With love and duty.
But I can give you a very little locket
Made out of wildcat hide:
Put it into your left-hand pocket
And never look inside.
赠别的礼物
译者 / 马祖毅
我不能送你名都城堡;
我不能送你天堂;
也不能送你克仁尼博物馆里面哥特人的九顶王符;
甚至不能使你幸福无央。
但我能送你小小钱包一只
是用田鼠皮制成,
绘有宇宙全图,
藏着七颗蓝色泪珠。
我不能送你卡普里岛;
我不能送你美景良辰;
也不能为你用爱和义务去烤出
硬皮的樱桃酱馅饼,味美绝伦。
但我能送你小小金包一只,
是用野猫皮制成,
放进口袋,在你左面,
千万还要打开窥看。