雙語賞析《新月集》第19期: 紙船 PAPER BOATS

DAY by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.
I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with shiuli flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.
I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging sails.
I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.
The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.

我每天把紙船一個個放在急流的溪中。
我用大黑字寫我的名字和我住的村名在紙船上。
我希望住在異地的人會得到這紙船，知道我是誰。
我把園中長的秀利花載在我的小船上，希望這些黎明開的花能在夜裏被平平安安地帶到岸上。
我投我的紙船到水裏，仰望天空，看見小朵的雲正張着滿鼓着風的白帆。
我不知道天上有我的什麼遊伴把這些船放下來同我的船比賽！

夜來了，我的臉埋在手臂裏，夢見我的紙船在子夜的星光下緩緩地浮泛前去。
睡仙坐在船裏，帶着滿載着夢的籃子。