蓬鬆的午後

輕手輕腳
怕驚動
樹下一隻松鼠
在啃嚼
早春鮮嫩的
陽光

卻仍引起
一聲告警的鳥叫

但松鼠急急爬上樹梢
顯然不是為了驚恐
在牠縱躍過的枝椏上
燦然迸出
春風得意的
綠


A Loose Afternoon

Light-footed
lest I should startle the squirrel
at the foot of a tree
nibbling at a tender piece
of the early spring sun

Still there’s the warning cry of a bird
Yet what makes the squirrel climb to the treetop
is apparently not fear
for in its rushing path through the branches
green buds burst out gaily
one after another
in the spring breeze
of April