He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

他冀求天国的锦缎

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,

假如我有天国的锦绣绸缎，

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

那用金色银色的光线织就，

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

那湛蓝、灰暗和漆黑的锦缎，

Of night and light and the half-light,

属于黑夜、白昼和朦胧的暮色，

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

我就把那锦缎铺在你脚下；

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

可我，一贫如洗，只有梦；

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

我把我的梦铺在了你脚下；

Tread softly because you tread upon my dreams.

轻点，因为你踏着我的梦。

注：傅浩/译