Happiness

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Happiness

by Raymond Carver

So early it's still almost dark out.
I'm near the window with coffee,
and the usual early morning stuff
that passes for thought.

When I see the boy and his friend
walking up the road
to deliver the newspaper.

They wear caps and sweaters,
and one boy has a bag over his shoulder.
They are so happy
they aren't saying anything, these boys.

I think if they could, they would take
each other's arm.
It's early in the morning,
and they are doing this thing together.

They come on, slowly.
The sky is taking on light,
though the moon still hangs pale over the water.

Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love,
doesn't enter into this.

Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it.

 

詩人早起

坐在窗邊喝咖啡

天剛亮，月亮還懸掛在天際

兩個小男生準備去送報

很開心

並肩走著

詩人感覺到剎那的美好

純粹的快樂

死亡 野心 甚至愛情

在這一刻

影子都沒有

快樂常常莫名其妙的發生了

完全出乎意料之外

很深奧

也不是在早上

一時半刻

說的清楚的

 

快樂這個東西

真的很奇妙

強求不得

卻會在意想不到的時侯

悄悄降臨

等到意識到的時候

又消失得無影無蹤

既然如此

只好隨緣

把握當下

you might just get lucky

now and then

here and there

求之不得

不求反得

的

快樂