Orient
東方
◎ Billy Collins / 沈政男 翻譯

You are turning me
like someone turning a globe in her hand,
and yes, I have another side
like a China no one,
not even me, has ever seen.
So describe to me what’s there,
say what you are looking at
and I will close my eyes
so I can see it too,
the oxcarts and all the lively flags.
I love the sound of your voice
like a little saxophone
telling me what I could never know
unless I dug a hole all the way down
through the core of myself.

你正在旋轉我
像某人在她手中旋轉地球儀
是的，我有另外一面
像一個無人，
即使是我，也從未見過的中國。
所以對我描述那裡有些什麼，
述說你正在注視什麼
我將閉起眼睛
好讓我也能看見，
牛車群以及那些生氣蓬勃的旗幟
我喜愛你的嗓音
像一支小薩克斯風
告訴我那些我從來不曾知曉
除非我挖洞一路直通
我自己核心之事

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大西洋雜誌 （the Atlantic）2013 一月號 
作者是 2001 到 2003 美國國家桂冠詩人