晚安

晚安
太多的方式说晚安。
在海边廊桥看七月四日的烟火
给晚安缀上红色的轮子和黄色的辐条。
它们在空气中嘶鸣，碰到水面寂静无声。
火箭在空中划出金蓝的弹道
随即无影无踪。
夜行列车给晚安缀上团团雾气，初生的蘑菇和长成的烟柱。
汽船在密西西比河上划着曲线，喊出的男中音穿过低地
越过棉田，直到远处锋锐的山峦。
说出晚安并不难
有太多的方式说晚安。
作者 / [美国]卡尔·桑德堡
翻译 / 光诸
Good Night
Many ways to say good night.
Fireworks at a pier on the Fourth of July
spell it with red wheels and yellow spokes.
They fizz in the air, touch the water and quit.
Rockets make a trajectory of gold-and-blue
and then go out.
Railroad trains at night spell with a smokestack mushrooming a white pillar.
Steamboats turn a curve in the Mississippi crying a baritone that crosses lowland
cottonfields to razorback hill.
It is easy to spell good night.
Many ways to spell good night.
Carl Sandburg