精美英文欣赏:牧羊人咖啡

（单词翻译）

I used to like sheepherder coffee,

　　a cup of grounds in my old enameled¹ pot,

　　then three cups of water and a fire,

　　过去我喜欢牧羊人咖啡,

　　往我那旧搪瓷壶里倒入一杯咖啡粉,

　　再加三杯水及一炉火,

　　and when it’s hot, boiling into froth,

　　a half cup of cold water

　　to bring the grounds to the bottom.

　　当咖啡烧热,沸腾冒泡,

　　加半杯冷水

　　让咖啡粉沉底。

　　It was strong and bitter and good

　　as I squatted² on the riverbank,

　　under the great redwoods all those years ago.

　　许多年前,当我蹲在河堤上那些

　　魁梧的红杉下品尝它时,

　　味道那么浓,那么苦,那么好。

　　Some days, it was nearly all I got.

　　I was happy with my dog,

　　and cases of books in my funky³ truck.

　　有那么一些时日,它几乎成了我仅有的一切。

　　有我的狗和我那古怪前卫的卡车里的

　　几箱书相伴,我很开心。

　　But when I think of that posture⁴ now,

　　I can’t help but think

　　of Palestinians huddled⁵ in their ruins,

　　但如今,当我想起那个姿势时,

　　我便忍不住想到

　　蜷缩在废墟中的巴勒斯坦人,

　　the Afghan shepherd with his bleating⁶ goats,

　　the widow weeping, sending off her sons,

　　the monk⁷ who can’t go home.

　　赶着咩咩叫着的羊群的阿富汗牧羊人,

　　哭着给儿子们送行的寡妇,

　　无家可归的僧侣。

　　There are fewer names for coffee

　　than for love. Squatting⁸, they drink,

　　thinking, waiting for whatever comes.

　　咖啡的名称远远少于

　　爱的名称。他们蹲着,边喝

边想,等待一切降临。