至宇宙的一封情书

情书

我想要成为一座神龛，这样我就可以从人们的祈祷中得知他们心中的故事。
我想要成为一方头巾，这样我就可以把它戴在我的头发上，从而理解其他的世界。
我想要成为女高音的歌声，这样我就可以穿越所有边界，看它们在迷人的音符中烟消云散。
我想要成为光，这样我就可以照亮黑暗。我想要成为水占据身体，这样我们就可以无限地彼此融合，温柔地一同流淌。
我想要成为一只柠檬，永远刺激着这个世界，或者一棵橄榄树，在大地上闪烁银光。但我最想要的，还是成为一首诗，到达你的心，在那里停留。

作者 / [美国] 娜塔丽·韩德尔
翻译 / 光诸
选自 / Poetry (March 2021)


Love Letter

I’d like to be a shrine, so I can learn from peoples’ prayers the story of hearts.
I’d like to be a scarf so I can place it over my hair and understand other worlds.
I’d like to be the voice of a soprano singer so I can move through all borders and see them vanish with every spell-­binding note. I’d like to be light so I illuminate the dark.
I’d like to be water to fill bodies so we can gently float together indefinitely.
I’d like to be a lemon, to be zest all the time, or an olive tree to shimmer silver on the earth.
Most of all, I’d like to be a poem, to reach your heart and stay.

Nathalie Handal

To the universe.