作者简介:
玛乔丽·皮克索尔( Marjorie Pickthall,1883—1922),加拿大女诗人、小说家,被誉为她那个年代“加拿大最伟大的诗人”。
I gave my thoughts a golden peach,
A silver citron1 tree;
They clustered2 dumbly3 out of reach
And would not sing for me.
Ibuilt my thoughts a roofofrush,
A little byre4 beside;
They left my music to the thrush5
And flew at eveningtide.
I went my way and would not care
Ifthey should come and go;
A thousand birds seemed up in air,
My thoughts were singing so.
我给了我的思绪一个金桃,
一棵银色香橼树;
它们默默地聚在够不着的地方
不会为我歌唱。
我为我的思绪建造了一个灯芯草屋顶,
旁边有一个小牛棚;
它们把我的音乐留给画眉鸟
并在黄昏时飞走。
我走我的路,不会去在乎
如果它们来了又走;
云霄中似乎有一千只鸟,
我的思绪这样唱道。