A Kite Is a Victim

A Kite Is a Victim
风筝是牺牲品
翻译：刘皓
  
A kite is a victim you are sure of.
You love it because it pulls
gentle enough to call you master,
strong enough to call you fool;
because it lives
like a desperate trained falcon
in the high sweet air,
and you can always haul it down
to tame it in your drawer.
风筝是你确信的牺牲者。
你爱它，因足够轻地拉扯它，
它称你为主人，当你用力地拉它，
它称你为傻瓜：
因它像一只绝望受过训练的猎鹰
高悬在清新的天空，
你总是能够拽下来
把它制服到你的抽屉里。
  
A kite is a fish you have already caught
in a pool where no fish come,
so you play him carefully and long,
and hope he won't give up,
or the wind die down.
风筝是在没有鱼出现的水池中
你捕获的一条鱼。
所以你小心翼翼慢慢地玩弄它，
同时希望他不会离去，
否则风儿渐渐平息。
  
A kite is the last poem you've written,
so you give it to the wind,
but you don't let it go
until someone finds you
something else to do.
  
A kite is a contract of glory
that must be made with the sun,
so you make friends with the field
the river and the wind,
then you pray the whole cold night before,
under the travelling cordless moon,
So make you worthy and lyric and pure.