Ravens Hiding in a Shoe

There is something men and women living in houses
Don't understand. The old alchemists standing
Near their stoves hinted at it a thousand times.

Ravens at night hide in an old woman's shoe.
A four-year-old speaks some ancient language.
We have lived our own death a thousand times.

Each sentence we speak to friends means the opposite
As well. Each time we say, "I trust in God," it means
God has already abandoned us a thousand times.

Mothers again and again have knelt in church
In wartime asking God to protect their sons,
And their prayers were refused a thousand times.

The baby loon follows the mother's sleek
Body for months. By the end of summer, she
Has dipped her head into Rainy Lake a thousand times.

Robert, you've wasted so much of your life
Sitting indoors to write poems. Would you
Do that again? I would, a thousand times.

躲进鞋里的渡鸦

许多居家男女，无法理解的事
古老的炼金术士，站在他们的炉火边
已经暗示过千百遍

夜的渡鸦，躲进了老妇的鞋
四岁的孩子说出了先民的语言
而我们千百次地，亲历了自身的死亡

说给朋友的每句话，都意味着相反
如同我们每次说“相信上帝”，就意味着
上帝已经抛弃了我们千百遍

战时的母亲们，反复在教堂跪下
求上帝保护她们的儿子
而她们的祈求，被拒绝了千百遍

小潜水鸟数月紧跟，母亲光滑的身躯
夏季将尽，它已经把头
千百次地埋进了，多雨的湖面

罗伯特，你浪费了这么多生命
让自己坐在屋里写诗。你愿意继续这样吗
我愿意，千百次地愿意！

充满神秘魅力的诗歌。赏析佳译，问候

Each sentence we speak to friends means the opposite
As well.

说给朋友的每句话，都意味着相反

谢谢荔荔老师读诗，提前祝新年好！