精美英文欣赏:栖息之鹰

（单词翻译）

Hawk¹ Roosting

栖息之鹰

I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. 1)Inaction, no 2)falsifying dream Between my hooked head and hooked feet: Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.

我栖息在树端，双眼紧闭。 在我如钩般的头与爪之间的身体： 纹丝不动，无梦无息 或在熟睡中演练完美的猎杀和啄食。

The convenience of the high trees! The air's 3)buoyancy and the sun's ray Are of advantage to me; And the earth's face upward for my inspection².

高枝予我以便利！ 空气的浮力与太阳的光辉 成就了我的优势； 地球上的一切都在接受我的检阅。

My feet are locked upon the rough bark. It took the whole of Creation To produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot

我的双爪紧紧抓住粗糙的树皮。 万物之主造就了我 我的利爪，以至于每一根羽毛： 如今，万物尽在我的掌握之中。

Or fly up, and revolve³ it all slowly — I kill where I please because it is all mine. There is no 4)sophistry in my body: My manners are tearing off heads —

或者一飞冲天，慢慢盘旋—— 兴之所至，手到擒来，因为一切都是我的。 我的躯体里没有别的念头： 我的主旨就是撕开猎物的头颅——

The 5)allotment of death. For the one path of my flight is direct Through the bones of the living. No arguments assert my right:

生死由我掌控。 我飞翔的目的清晰而唯一 直扑猎物，粉身碎骨。 我的权利不容争辩：

The 6)sun is behind me. Nothing has changed since I began. My eye has permitted no change. I am going to keep things like this.

上帝护佑着我。 从一开始，就没有任何改变。 我不允许任何改变。 一切如常，一如既往。