witches hat

Certainly the children have seen them,
孩子們一眼便可望見
In quiet places where the moss grows green.
苔蘚在寂靜處鬱鬱蒼蒼
Coloured shells jangle together,
各色的貝殼叮噹作響
The wind is cold, the year is old, the trees whisper together
風很冷冽歲月很深長林木在私語
And bend in the wind, they lean.
或彎著腰或倚著背

Next week a monkey is coming to stay.
一隻猴子會在下週在此定居
If I was a witches hat,
如果我是一頂女巫帽
Sitting on her head like a paraffin stove,
形狀就像煤油爐戴在她的頭頂
Id fly away and be a bat,
我會飛去化作一隻蝙蝠
Across the air I would rove.
在空中上下翻飛
Stepping like a tightrope walker,
相走鋼絲的人那樣邁著步
Putting one foot after another,
小心翼翼戰戰兢兢
Wearing black cherries for rings.
給花環點綴一些黑櫻桃