牡丹盛開的時節
At the Time of Peony BlossomingRobert Bly
When I come near the red peony flower
I tremble as water does near thunder,
as the well does when the plates of earth move,
or the tree when fifty birds leave at once.
The peony says that we have been given a gift,
and it is not the gift of this world.
Behind the leaves of the peony
there is a world still darker, that feed many.
牡丹盛開的時節
羅伯特·勃萊
當我走近那艷紅的牡丹花
我顫抖，有如湖水因雷霆而顫動，
猶如地球板塊移動時的深井，
又如五十只鳥兒同時飛離后的樹冠。
牡丹花說我們被賜予一份禮物，
并不是這個俗世的饋贈。
牡丹花的葉子背后還有一個世界，
更加陰暗，為很多人提供養分。