默温作品The Falcons （FF027）

firefly

猎鹰
红石墙那些花儿 我似曾相识
在多年以前
如今漫步庭院
我们故地重游 同喝他乡酒
陈酿暖心窝
夜幕降临
红石屋外
日已西沉
此刻 城市一隅
夜鹰正被主人逗醒
白昼尚未褪尽
空旷之野
三只猎鹰惊鸿一现
翱翔庭院上空
羽毛未丰 它们
朝我们俯冲过来
到我们触手可及之处
又在上空且飞且歇
不时打量我们
并等待---
等待我们
此次离岛 猎鹰
和我们一起走
共度余生
The Falcons
There were years when I knew
The flower in the red stone walls
Now in the courtyard where I have returned with you
We drink the wine of visitors
The temperature of the cellars
Dusk is welling
Out of the dried blood of the masonry
No hour remains on the sundial
By now the owls of the tower corners
Are waking on their keepers' fists
But it is still day
Out in the air
And three falcons appear there
Over the courtyard
No feathers on heads or breasts
And they fly down to us
To our wrists and between them
Then hover and perch just above us
Keeping us in sight
Waiting
They are waiting for us
This time they will come with us
When we leave the island
Tonight for the rest of our lives