What is in a word a butterfly?

Neither quite a bird nor utter fly;

A kitten caper in a kite, in a light as paper flight,

a never heard, enormously a flutter fly.

If it were absurd, could it have occurred, a butterfly?

A ring around a meadow, a shadow on a rose,

A drama in a fit of fright, a panorama in repose.

What is in a word a butterfly?

Perpetually falling,

And clamoring to climb;

Constantly recalling, but never taking time to utter:

“ I am a butterfly.”

 

什麼是一隻蝴蝶？

不是一隻鳥，也絕對不是蒼蠅；

一隻小貓在風箏中跳躍，像紙飛機一樣輕盈，

一個從來沒有聽說過、振翅的巨大蒼蠅。

如果它是荒謬的，它是否會發生，蝴蝶？

圍繞草地的環，玫瑰上的陰影，

一場驚心動魄的戲劇，一幅靜謐的全景。

什麼是蝴蝶？

終身墜落，

並且不斷疾呼攀上；

不斷回顧，但從不花時間說出：

「我是一隻蝴蝶。」