Annunciation
Robin1 Robertson
after Fra Angelico
He has come from the garden, leaving
no shadow, no footprint in the dew:
They hold each other's gaze2 at the point
of balance: everything streaming
towards this moment, streaming away.
A word will set the seed
of life and death,
the over-shadowing of this girl
by a feathered dark.
But not yet: not quite yet.
How will she remember the silence
of that endless moment?
Or the end, when it all began --
the first of seven joys
before the seven sorrows?
She will remember the aftersong
because she is only human.
One day
she'll wake with wings, or wake
and find them gone.
词汇解析：
1 robin
n. 知更鸟，红襟鸟
参考例句：
The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。
2 gaze
v. 凝视，盯，注视；n. 凝视
参考例句：
Her cheeks grew hot beneath the gaze of so many eyes.在众目睽睽之下，她的脸红了。
He fixed his gaze on her.他凝视着她。
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