轻雾

（梭罗/作，白元宝/译）

低垂的云，
纽芬兰岛上的空气，
泉水与河水之源，
露水之布，梦之帏帐，
小妖精们撒下的餐巾；
空气的飘动的牧场，
那里长满雏菊花丛和紫罗兰，
那沼泽遍布的迷宫，
住满了鳽，苍鹭跋涉其中；
湖泊、海洋与河流的精灵，
只将芳香和那救人性命的草药之
香气载往正义之士的土地！

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Low-Anchored Cloud [Mist]

（Henry David Thoreau）

Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain-head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream-drapery,
And napkin spread by fays;
Drifting meadow of the air,
Where bloom the daisied banks and violets,
And in whose fenny labyrinth
The bittern booms and heron wades;
Spirit of lakes and seas and rivers,
Bear only perfumes and the scent
Of healing herbs to just men's fields!