"Joan of Arc Trial by Fire"by Melinda Fox
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
但有被聽見，隱約聽見，
於浪潮與浪潮之間的寧靜。
Quick now, here, now, always –
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
快，現在，這裡，此刻，始終如是 —
全然單純之境
(只待你交出一切）
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
而後一切都好好的，
萬事萬物都好好的，
當火舌向內
竄入火蕊冠冕 —
合而為一的火與玫瑰。
(Mary May 譯 / 摘自 艾略特 《四首四重奏》
最後一首 “The Little Gidding” ）
