葡萄在一片難以耕作的坡地上

Grapes grow up a difficult and

生長。一排柔和的白楊

sloped terrain. A soft line of poplars

翻動著即將消失的光。

shimmer in the disappearing light.

午夜，窮人

At midnight, the poor move

遷進意大利的火車站，

into the train stations of Italy,

為孩子們鋪開毛毯，

spread out blankets for the children,

向巡警佯裝買了車票

and pretend to the police they have tickets

正在候車。

and are waiting for a train.

而巴克斯的雕像引人注目，

The statue of Bacchus is a contrast

他右手舉起一盞淺杯但

with his right hand holding a shallow but

葡萄酒流溢不止。左手

wine-brimming cup. His left hand

輕鬆伸進豐饒角，

reaches easily into the cornucopia

它盛載的葡萄圓熟欲裂。

where grapes ripen and burst open.

多麽生動的夢：驚醒

It is a vivid dream: to wake

從那雕像的優雅旺盛

from the statue’s grace and life-force

到受難的街頭。

to the suffering in the streets.

事實上，豐饒角

But the truth is the cornucopia

為所有活著的人打開，

is open to all who are alive,

他們以上古之美觀看

who look and feel the world in

并感受這個世界——當一隻蜻蜓

its pristine beauty—as a dragonfly

懸浮在陽光之下

hovering in the sunlight over clear

於清水之上；他們能觸摸到

water; and who feel the world

世界的光——當綠色的浮游生物

as a luminous world—as green plankton

在夜的海中漂移。

drifting at night in the sea.