精美英文小诗：Lake Como

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　　The searchlight of a February moon
　　at the end of the street
4 @, d6 X$ r9 P/ q5 D4 [　　bare trees black railing
　　an eastern star set like a pearl atop a steeple
　　that shadows the doorway
  a* w: \; \2 `1 L　　where the one-armed card shark squats
　　shuffling his deck on a milk crate
　　waiting for the No. 6 bus to discharge
  R) \1 K* G$ S1 U; P9 s& c　　the off-duty cop the seamstress
　　the drunken mechanic and the clerk on crutches
　　who pauses before his building to watch
5 n6 S! X% e- J　　the mechanic lose three dollars at blackjack
　　and then stiffly ascends the five flights
: Q8 @" e4 R& D2 C! ]" O* k! f. e　　to his two rooms on a shaftway
& }1 j* M1 X5 a& l) x' B7 c3 e　　hanging his coat on a hook
　　and sitting down at the table
　　on which this morning he placed
　　a soup bowl and spoon
2 F% c: {$ W" f　　a tin of crackers and the crossword
' ?7 s' Y- F# q6 _9 ^* V% h　　puzzle he had been laboring over
　　beneath the gaze of his late wife
' e$ Z: m& l0 ?  A+ N6 V9 d　　her color photograph propped up in a small frame
" u/ F- t3 S: \: d7 W9 J3 H$ R　　a young woman in a boxy dress and felt cap
& }8 G% c" u+ r8 @( B/ J" Y　　waving shyly by the edge of a lake
　　where over her shoulder beneath a clear sky
2 g0 q+ @, l7 p: ^1 d1 Y# b: e8 {! n　　a sailboat rides the wind
　　passengers on the polished deck
! {' v  g3 z% F4 ?9 B" a( f6 @& X　　gazing at the glowing mountain peaks
　　the cypresses lining the shore
　　and the pink palazzi with ancient gardens
$ `& Y- S  f8 \　　these men and women in white
　　who seem to live upon the water
( q5 O( y: v0 C# s　　gliding among themselves oblivious to strife
/ n$ s1 i. H" m+ i) S　　and all else that wears a body down
, `5 ~1 W( U1 W6 N0 X2 A  J# {　　some sipping from crystal goblets
' |5 `' y7 x% w1 P0 y　　others just drinking in the light