Chase Twichell: Animal Language

　　Animal Languages
　　　　　　Chase Twichell (1950-)
In snow, all tracks
--animal and human—
speak to one another,

a long conversation that keeps breaking off
then starting up again.

I want to read those pages
instead of the kind
made of human words.

I want to write in the language of those
who have been to that place before me.

　　动物语言
　　　　　　[美] 蔡斯·特维切尔 (1950-)

雪地上，所有踪迹
--无论是动物还是人类的—
彼此叙说，

一场长长的对话不停地断开
又重新开始。

我多想阅读这些，
而不读人类语言
制造出来的书页。

那些先于我到来此地的生灵，
我多想用它们的语言写作。