卞之琳 《旧元夜遐思》

灯前的窗玻璃是一面镜子，
莫掀帷望远吧，如不想自鉴。
可是远窗是更深的镜子：
一星灯火里看是谁的愁眼？

“我不能陪你听我的鼾声”
是利刃，可是劈不开水涡：
人在你梦里，你在人梦里。
独醒者放下屠刀来为你们祝福。

Reflection on the Eve of Lunar New Year
Bian Zhilin

By the lamp is a window pane,
A looking glass.
Don’t draw back the curtain.
You can’t see anything far
Nothing but your own image.
But a distant window
Is a deeper mirror.
Who is looking out
Under a solitary lamp
With sad eyes in pain?

“I can’t accompany you
To hear my snore.”
This is a sharp sword,
But it can’t cleave
Water-eddies in the whirl of dream.
As one in your dream,
So you’re in his.
Only those awake
Lay down their knives
And bless you.