Landscape with Translucent Moon

时间：2014-03-13 05:37:01

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Landscape with Translucent1 Moon
Jennifer Atkinson
 
 
Palm trees, like old pilings, tip 
 in the sand toward the Maldive Islands still. 
 The moon, 
                  a slice of green coconut2, floats 
 in a sky streaky（有条纹的） with cloud. 
 
Eight winters after the tsunami3 hit, 
                                                   offshore 
 the coral reef is reinventing itself 
 by fits and starts, by hook and foot 
 and reef-wasn't-built-in-a-day 
                                            steady calm. 
 Patience comes easy to gastropods（腹足类）. 
 
The after-war 
 news is of atrocity4（暴行）, in this like 
                                             before-, during, after-
 war news everywhere: rape5, torture, mass graves, 
 the usual list, human power 
 reasserting itself 
                         on the bodies of others. 
 
Deep in the once 
                           jungled, once war-riven 
 Tamil north, a Buddha6 carved in living stone 
 still falls smiling into death, 
                                        serene7 these last thousand years. 
 How many wars 
 has that peace survived? 
 
It's said that just before he died, 
 the historical Buddha 
                                sent south to Sri Lanka 
 a slip from the original 
 enlightenment（启蒙，教化） tree at Bodh Gaya. 
 
That tree planted between the sites of tsunami and war 
 is now the oldest tree on earth, a living 
                                                         emblem of compassion 
 for these last two thousand years. 
 
It's guarded night and day at gunpoint.

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1 translucent yniwY     
adj.半透明的；透明的
参考例句：
  • The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.这座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封顶。
  • A small difference between them will render the composite translucent.微小的差别,也会使复合材料变成半透明。
2 coconut VwCzNM     
n.椰子
参考例句：
  • The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
  • The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。
3 tsunami bpAyo     
n.海啸
参考例句：
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
4 atrocity HvdzW     
n.残暴，暴行
参考例句：
  • These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
  • I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。
5 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
参考例句：
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
6 Buddha 9x1z0O     
n.佛；佛像；佛陀
参考例句：
  • Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
  • He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。
7 serene PD2zZ     
adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的
参考例句：
  • He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
  • He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。

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