诗应该沉默，但可触可摸

A poem should be palpable and mute

如长圆了的水果，

As a globed fruit,

沉寂

Dumb

如手指抚摸下的古币，

As old medallions to the thumb,

无声如石窗台

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone

被衣袖拂光，长了绿苔——

Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—

诗应无言

A poem should be wordless

如鸟儿飞旋。

As the flight of birds.

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诗应当在时间中凝然不动

A poem should be motionless in time

如明月冉冉升空，

As the moon climbs,

松开，如明月

Leaving, as the moon releases

逐一松开夜影紧缠的树枝，

Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,

松开，如冬夜疏叶后的明月，

Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,

逐一松开心灵的回忆——

Memory by memory the mind—

诗应当在时间中凝然不动，

A poem should be motionless in time

如明月冉冉升空。

As the moon climbs.

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诗应当对等

A poem should be equal to:

而不真。

Not true.

代表哀史凑切，

For all the history of grief

是门户空寂，一片枫叶，

An empty doorway and a maple leaf.

代表爱，

For love

是芳草依依，双星映海——

The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea—

诗不应“指义”，

A poem should not mean

而应“存在”。

But be.