A Girl Reading a Book in a Country Village-读书的村姑
A Girl Reading a Book
in a Country Village
Geoffrey Lehmann (杰弗里.莱曼)
The shop is closed， the single street asleep.
Only a girl at dusk sits in a chair
And reads a book before her parents" house，
While trees hiss with the rush of passing traffic.
The yard in which she reads is small and bare，
The house is weathered brick， a workman is cottage，
But the town has ancient pepper trees and gums
For the green mind of a girl pleasing herself.
She smiles into her book while strangers pass.
Eyes cast down in her public reverie，
Is friendly in a light which has no shadows，
Facing the road and gazing at her page.
读书的村姑
译者 / 陈正发
店铺关门，仅有的一条街已入睡。
黄昏下只有一位姑娘坐在椅子上
在她父母的屋前读书。
隔林传来过往车辆疾驰的声响。
读书的院子小而空荡，
屋是砖墙饱经风霜，典型的劳工住房。
但镇上有古老的木兰树和桉树，
姑娘为之神怡心旷。
陌生人路过，但见她对着书本微笑，
低垂眼帘，在沉思冥想。
暮色中是那么和谐
面对大路，她在书中徜徉。
