Was there a time
是否有过这样的时候
Was there a time when dancers with their fiddles
In children's circuses could stay their troubles?
There was a time they could cry over books,
But time has set its maggot on their track.
Under the arc of the sky they are unsafe.
What's never known is safest in this life.
Under the skysigns they who have no arms
Have cleanest hands, and, as the heartless ghost
Alone's unhurt, so the blind man sees best.
是否有过这样的时候，在儿童乐园
他们伴琴声跳舞可解内心的烦忧？
曾经有过这样的时候，他们看书落泪，
时光却让蛆虫留意他们的踪迹。
苍穹荧光下，他们身处险境。
此生未知的一切最为安全。
空中广告牌下，失去臂膀的人
有双最干净的手，正如无情的幽灵
唯独不受伤害，盲人的眼看得最真切。
作者简介
狄兰·托马斯（Dylan Thomas，1914年10月27日—1953年11月9日），威尔士诗人、作家。最著名的作品包括十九行诗《不要温和地走进那个良夜》。
