英語詩詞Now I Understand

Now I Understand

by Linda Gregg

Something was pouring out. Filling the field

and making it vacant. A wind blowing them

sideways as they moved forward. The crying

as before. Suddenly I understood why they left

the empty bowls on the table， in the empty hut

overlooking the sea. And knew the meaning

of the heron breaking branches， spreading

his wings in order to rise up out of the dark

woods into the night sky. I understood about

the lovers and the river in January.

Heard the crying out as a battlement，

of greatness， and then the dying began.

The height of passion. Saw the breaking

of the moon and the shattering of the sun.

Believed in the miracle because of the half heard

and the other half seen. How they ranged

and how they fed. Let loose their cries.

One could call it the agony in the garden，

or the paradise， depending on whether

the joy was at the beginning， or after