[One Night I Burned 有天晚上我燒了] #Leonard Cohen
有天晚上我燒了喜愛的房子
火焰將房子繞成完美的圓
我在其中看見雜草與石頭
除此之外，什麼都沒有看見
One night I burned the house I loved,
It lit a perfect ring
In which I saw some weeds and stone
Beyond – not anything.
某種屬於天空的生物
被夜晚嚇著了
牠們再次出來觀看世界
而在火光中毀滅
Certain creatures of the air
Frightened by the night,
They came to see the world again
And perished in the light.
現在我從天空航向天空
所有的黑暗的眷屬
在我以殘缺之翼造的船邊
歌唱
Now I sail from sky to sky
And all the blackness sings
Against the boat that I have made
Of mutilated wings.
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Everyman's Library pocket poet: Leonard Cohen p61