Thursday, November 10, 2016

Karen Kun’s Translation #10 - from Robert Verdon “if”

如果
有四條完美的線
拯救緩行的時間
垂直吵鬧的現在
在金湯匙上
如燕麥片般單純
肥沃得能在月球上
種樹


if

having four perfect lines

to rescue from backbeat time

plumb the plangent present

plain as a rolled oat

on a golden spoon

succulent enough to plant upon the moon

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