DeepSeek 译
有一个夏天，我还小的时候，
看见一头鹿来到我们住的那座房子
的泳池边。
那是在山里。
鹿站在浅水区那端，
在蓝色的水面上看着自己的脸。
我害怕了。我从不远的地方
朝它泼水。水溅到
鹿的肋腹，打湿了毛皮。
它看了我一眼，然后转身
走回了树林。
我永远忘不掉鹿身侧
那一块湿痕。此刻我还在想。
我为什么要那样做？那鹿并不想
喝水。它只是想
在池水的蓝色中看见自己。
而我，出于恐惧，泼出了水
毁掉了那个影像，打湿了鹿。
那块湿痕伴随了我一生。
它还在那里，在鹿的肋腹上，
在森林里，在山间的夏天。
我再也回不到那个泳池。
但鹿可以，而且我相信它确实去了，
它低下头，看着自己的脸，
水很清澈，倒影又出现了。
只有我不在了，我泼水的那只手
如今已是成年人的手。
但鹿身上那块湿毛依然是湿的。
它将永远不会干涸。
The Deer at the Swimming Pool
James Dickey
There was one summer when I was a child
I saw a deer come to the swimming pool
Of a house where we were staying.
It was a place in the mountains.
The deer stood at the shallow end,
Looking at its face in the blue water.
I was afraid. I threw water at it
From a little distance. The water hit
The deer's side, darkened the hair.
It looked at me, then turned
And went back into the trees.
I have never forgotten that wet place
On the deer's flank. I think of it now.
Why did I do that? The deer did not want
To drink. It only wanted to see
Itself in the blue of the pool.
And I, from fear, threw water
And spoiled that image, and wet the deer.
That wet spot has stayed with me all my life.
It is still there, on the deer's side,
In the forest, in the mountain summer.
I cannot go back to that pool.
But the deer can, and does, I believe,
And looks down, and sees its face,
And the water is clear, and the image returns.
Only I am gone, and my hand
That threw the water is a man's hand now.
But the deer's wet hair is still wet.
It will never dry.
