A Noiseless Patient Spider 一只沉默而耐心的蜘蛛

A Noiseless Patient Spider
Walt Whitman
A NOISELESS, patient spider,

I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;

Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,

It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself;

Ever unreeling them--ever tirelessly speeding them.

And you, O my Soul, where you stand,

Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,

Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking the spheres, to connect them;

Till the bridge you will need, be form'd--till the ductile anchor hold;

Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul. 10

一只沉默而耐心的蜘蛛
沃爾特·惠特曼

一只沉默而耐心的蜘蛛，

我注意它孤立地站在小小的海岬上.

注意它怎樣勘測周圍的茫茫空虛，

它射出了絲，絲，絲，從它自己之小，

不斷地從紗綻放絲，不倦地加快速率。

而你——我的心靈啊，你站在何處，

被包圍被孤立在無限空間的海洋里，

不停地沉思、探險、投射、尋求可以連結(jié)的地方，

直到架起你需要的橋，直到下定你韌性的錨，

直到你拋出的游絲抓住了某處，我的心靈啊!

飛　白譯