文/Czeslaw Milosz
在夢中,我的守望天使是個女兒身,
模樣卻各不相同。天使知道
像我這樣的血肉之軀,
需要愛人的撫摸。我們沒有做愛,
卻彼此親近,相互理解。
我從不相信有天使存在,可是我的夢境發生了變化,
最近,我發現了一個盛滿財寶的地下洞穴,
我們一起搬運一個個麻袋,這時,我向天使
祈求讓夢再長一點,因為是它使我感到平靜。
In my dreams my guardian angel takes the form of a woman,
Not always the same. He knows that I, a fleshly creature,
Need a lover's touch. We don't make love,
But there is closeness between us, and understanding.
I never believed in the presence of angels, but my dreams have changed,
And when, recently, I found an underground grotto filled with treasure,
And we were moving the sacks together, I asked him
For one more moment of the dream, which gave me peace.
譯者小感:如果真的相信自己的生命會備受關注、得到守望,興奮之余總將落得一種凄涼。當每一種勝利和驕傲的喜悅為更濃的欲望所沖淡,才會瞬間把握失落的悲傷,所以祈求讓夢再長一點,懵懂的生命才得以延續,才將被繼續守望。