Winter in the Woods

By Timothy Murphy

His master bed has earthen walls,

and there blueberries fill his dreams

of montane meadows, braided streams

and the fine summer fishing at the falls.1. montane: 山地的，山區(qū)的；braid: v. 把……編成繩子（或穗帶）。

Six months to diet: he is fat

with venison, his coat is plush;2. venison: 鹿肉；plush: 長毛絨，栽絨。

a windless snow sifts in the hush

falling on waters which will flood the Platte.3. sift: 篩濾（固體）；Platte: 普拉特河，位于美國內(nèi)布拉斯加州。

Pulse drops from fifty-five to nine

and body heat to forty-five.

Now let him sleep, barely alive,

’til the sun licks the frosting from the pine.

他的主臥榻邊是土砌的墻壁，

在那里藍(lán)莓充斥著他的夢境，

夢中有山間草地、溪流交織

還有夏日里在瀑布下的悠然垂釣。

將要忍耐六個月的饑餓：他

鹿肉肥積的身子披著栽絨袍；

寂靜篩濾出雪花，不借風(fēng)力

飄落在即將泛涌普拉特河的水面。

脈搏從每分五十五跳落至九，

體溫也降到了華氏四十五度。

現(xiàn)在讓已鮮有生機的他睡吧，

直到陽光開始舔舐松針上的冰霜。