蓬松的午后

芝加哥/非马

 

轻手轻脚

怕惊动

树下一只松鼠

在啃嚼

早春鲜嫩的

阳光

 

却仍引起

一声告警的鸟叫

 

但松鼠急急爬上树梢

显然不是为了惊恐

在它纵跃过的枝桠上

灿然迸出

春风得意的

绿

A Loose Afternoon

芝加哥/非马

 

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