【閱讀】他祈求錦繡天衣

他祈求錦繡天衣 

◎ 葉慈 作；袁可嘉 譯 

要是我有錦繡天衣，

交織著金和銀的光彩，

那蔚藍、黯淡和深黑的錦衣，

為黑夜、白晝和晨昏穿戴，

我願把它鋪在你腳下；

但我，窮，只能有美夢，

我把我的夢鋪在你腳下，

輕點踩，因為你踩著我的夢。

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Of night and light and the half light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

取自：《請輕輕踩我的夢：葉慈詩集》