Where do you hurry with your basket when the marketing is over?
The Gardener 55
It was mid…day when you went away。
The sun was strong in the sky。
I had done my work and sat alone on my balcony when you went away。
Fitful gusts came winnowing through the smells of many distant fields。
The doves cooed tireless in the shade; and a bee strayed in my room humming the news of many distant fields。。 最好的txt下载网
园丁集 第十一章(4)
The village slept in the noonday heat。 The road lay deserted。
In sudden fits the rustling of the leaves rose and died。
I gazed at the sky and wove in the blue the letters of a name I had known; while the village slept in the noonday heat。
I had forgotten to braid my hair。 The languid breeze played with it upon my cheek。
The river ran unruffled under the shady bank。
The lazy white clouds did not move。
I had forgotten to braid my hair。
It was mid…day when you went away。
The dust of the road was hot and the fields panting。
The doves cooed among the dense leaves。
I was alone in my balcony when you went away。
The Gardener 56
I was one among many women busy with the obscure daily tasks of the household。
Why did you single me out and bring me away from the cool shelter of our mon life?
Love unexpressed is sacred。 It shines like gems in the gloom of the hidden
Ah; you broke through the cover of my heart and dragged my trembling love into the open place; destroying for ever the shady corner where it hid its nest。
The other women are the same as ever。
No one has peeped into their inmost being; and they themselves know not their own secret。
Lightly they smile; and weep; chatter; and work。 Daily they go to the temple; light their lamps; and fetch water from the river。
I hoped my love would be saved from the shivering shame of the shelterless; but you turn your face away。
Yes; your path lies open before you; but you have cut off my return; and left me stripped naked before the world with its lidless eyes staring night and day。
The Gardener 57
I plucked your flower; O world!
I pressed it to my heart and the thorn pricked。
When the day waned and it darkened; I found that the flower had faded; but the pain remained。
More flowers will e to you with perfume and pride; O world!
But my time for flower…gathering is over; and through the dark night I have not my rose; only the pain remains。