Hawk 1)Roosting

Hawk¹ 1)Roosting

I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.
2)Inaction, no 3)falsifying dream
Between my hooked head and hooked feet:
Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.

The convenience of the high trees!
The air's 4)buoyancy and the sun's ray
Are of advantage to me;
And the earth's face upward for my inspection².

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

Or fly up, and revolve³ it all slowly --
I kill where I please because it is all mine.
There is no 5)sophistry⁴ in my body:
My manners are tearing off heads --

The 6)allotment of death.
For the one path of my flight is direct
Through the bones of the living.
No arguments assert my right:

The 7)sun is behind me.
Nothing has changed since I began.
My eye has permitted no change.
I am going to keep things like this.

注释:
1) roost [ru:st] v. 栖息
2) inaction [in5AkFEn] n. 无行动，迟钝
3) falsify [5fC:lsi7fai] v. 伪造
4) buoyancy [5bCiEnsi] n. 浮力
5) sophistry [5sCfistri] n. 诡辩
6) allotment [E5lCtmEnt] n. 分配；拨给
7) sun 这里指上帝

栖息之鹰

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。

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。

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。

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——

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：

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。

1 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

2 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

3 revolve   

vi.(使)旋转；循环出现

参考例句：

• The planets revolve around the sun.行星绕着太阳运转。
• The wheels began to revolve slowly.车轮开始慢慢转动。

4 sophistry   

n.诡辩

参考例句：

• Sophistry cannot alter history.诡辩改变不了历史。
• No one can be persuaded by sophistry.强词夺理不能折服人。