小蜘蛛摇晃着银铃,
动作快得看不清,
伴随着柔美的舞步,
散开轻纱如珍珠。
这凭空高蹈的艺术家,
慷慨地不收分文,
把我们陈年的壁毯,
用它的作品装饰一新。
主妇们却不肯领情,
笤帚高高举起,
它织出的光的大陆,
瞬间分崩离析。
The Spider holds a Silver Ball
In unperceived Hands –
And dancing softly to Himself
His Yarn of Pearl - unwinds –
He plies from nought to nought –
In unsubstantial Trade –
Supplants our Tapestries with His –
In half the period –
An Hour to rear supreme
His Continents of Light –
Then dangle from the Housewife's Broom –
His Boundaries - forgot –
BGM:山之高