一首雅致的英译诗，祝朋友们新年新气象！
旧年
约翰•克莱尔\倪志娟译
旧的一年离去了，
归向虚无与黑夜：
白天，我们找不到他，
夜晚我们也听不见他：
他没有留下足迹、线索或者地址，
无论在阴影或阳光下：
过去的一年有一张邻居的面孔，
所有人对他一无所知。
他是无处不在的虚无：
我们看见的晨雾
也比他更具体，
比他拥有更多的形式。
他是每一丛火焰的朋友，
在每一个摇篮或客厅里——
他是每一颗心灵向往的客人，
此刻，他却是绝对的虚无。
旧报纸被扔掉了，
旧衣服被抛弃了，
昨日的谈话，
本是确定之物；
但是时光的页面已被撕除，
没有声音能被铭记：
元旦的前夕，
旧的一年被所有人丢失。
The Old Year
by John Clare
The Old Year's gone away
To nothingness and night:
We cannot find him all the day
Nor hear him in the night:
He left no footstep, mark or place
In either shade or sun:
The last year he'd a neighbour's face,
In this he's known by none.
All nothing everywhere:
Mists we on mornings see
Have more of substance when they're here
And more of form than he.
He was a friend by every fire,
In every cot and hall--
A guest to every heart's desire,
And now he's nought at all.
Old papers thrown away,
Old garments cast aside,
The talk of yesterday,
Are things identified;
But time once torn away
No voices can recall:
The eve of New Year's Day
Left the Old Year lost to all.
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