坛子的轶事

 （美）斯蒂文斯
我把一只圆形的坛子
放在田纳西的山顶。
凌乱的荒野
围向山峰。
 
荒野向坛子涌起，
匍匐在四周，不再荒凉。
圆圆的坛子置在地上，
高高地立于空中。
 
它君临四界。
这只灰色无釉的坛子。
它不曾产生鸟雀或树丛
与田纳西别的事物都不一样。
原版：
 Anecdote of the Jar
I placed a jar in Tennessee,
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill.
 
The wilderness rose up to it,
And sprawled around, no longer wild.
The jar was round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.
It took dominion every where.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.
徐老师说这是他最喜欢的诗。