Invention创作
Billy Collins比利 科林斯
Tonight the moon is a cracker,今晚的月亮是块
with a bite out of it ,被咬掉一口的薄脆饼干
floating in the night.飘飘荡荡浮在夜天,
and in a week or so ,按照日历
according to the calendar ,约莫一周时间
it will probably look,它看似大概会
like a silver football,像个银色的足球,
and nine, maybe ten days ago,而九天,或许十天之前
it reminded me of a thin bright claw.它使我想起一个薄明的蟹钳。
But eventually-可渐渐地―
by the end of the month,到这个月底
I reckon-我推断―
it will waste away ,它将消瘦至
to nothing,身影全无
nothing but stars in the sky,天上只留繁星点点,
and I will have a few nights,而对我自己来说
to myself,会有几个夜晚
a little time to rest my jittery pen.让我极度紧张的笔得以休闲。