蜜蜂之死-帕斯坦-Jeffery英文朗读-0807

蜜蜂之死

琳达·帕斯坦

蜜蜂的传记

是以蜂蜜写就的

现在

它正在接近完结。

很快那属于夏天的

嗡鸣的单声圣歌

将要被终结

从此再无声息；

那些还未被点燃的花朵

将要最后一次

暴烈燃烧

而后消隐。 

而那个今早

揉着自己被叮刺的脚踝的男孩

将要回看

他短暂的泪水

带着某种

有点像悔恨的感情，

忆起那琥珀色的

蜜之滋味。

The Death of the Bee

BY LINDA PASTAN

The biography of the bee

is written in honey

and is drawing

to a close.

Soon the buzzing

plainchant of summer

will be silenced

for good;

the flowers, unkindled

will blaze

one last time

and go out.

And the boy nursing

his stung ankle this morning

will look back

at his brief tears

with something

like regret,

remembering the amber

taste of honey.