忘却 

忘记不幸

你带给别人的。

忘记不幸

别人带给你的。

河水流呵流呵，

泉水闪着光，逝去，

你走在就要遗忘的土地上。

偶尔听到远处声声叠唱。

那是什么意思？你问，谁在歌唱？

孩子似的太阳变得温暖。

孙子和重孙诞生。

你又一次被牵着手。

河流的名字没变。

它们仿佛永无止境！

田野在身后伸展，

城市的塔已不是曾经的塔。

你站在门槛，没有言语。

Forget

               Czeslaw Milosz

Forget the suffering

You caused others.

Forget the suffering

Others caused you.

The waters run and run,

Springs sparkle and are done,

You walk the earth you are forgetting.

Sometimes you hear a distant refrain.

What does it mean, you ask, who is singing?

A childlike sun grows warm.

A grandson and a great-grandson are born.

You are led by the hand once again.

The names of the rivers remain with you.

How endless those rivers seem!

Your fields lie fallow,

The city towers are not as they were.

You stand at the threshold mute.