山羊
――献给翁贝尔托•萨巴* 

先生，我要寻找一只山羊
一只孤独无望的
名字叫萨巴的山羊
先生，它没有什么标志
它有的只是一张
充满了悲戚的脸庞
那是因为它在怀念故土、山岗
还有那牧人纯朴的歌谣
先生，我要寻找一只山羊
它曾在意大利的土地上流浪
它的灵魂里有看不见的创伤。

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* 翁贝尔托 . 萨巴 （1883 --1957）:意大利著名诗人，其诗作《山羊》广为流传。

Goat       
----Dedicated to Umberto  Saba * 

Sir, I am looking for a goat
a lonely and hopeless goat
named Saba
Sir, it has no special mark
What it has is but a face
which always looks sad and worried
For it always misses its native land, the mountains
and the simple songs of the herdsmen
Sir, I am looking for a goat
who once roamed about in Italian land
An invisible trauma is still in its soul

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* Umberto Saba ( 1883 --1957 ) --- an Italian poet , one of his poems titled Goat is still well-known in the world.