Spring ls like a Perhaps Hand

原文與注釋(Text and Annotation)

Spring is like a perhaps hand
(which comes carefully  　
out of Nowher) arranging 
a window, into which people look ( while 
people stare 5　
arranging and changing placing  　
carefully there a strange  　
thing and a known thing here) and 
 　

changing everything carefully
　

spring is like a perhaps 		 10
Hand in a window
(carefully to 　
and fro moving New and 　
Old things, while 　
people stare carefully 15
moving a perhaps
fraction of flower here placing 　
an inch of air there) and (16-18)

without  breaking anything.
19

 

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Word& Phrase
Annotation
1. perhaps: 或許; 可能。原為副詞，此處作形容詞用，有微妙、神秘、似有似無的含意。春天被比喻成「一隻或許的手」是因為春回大地，萬眾在不知不覺中更新，猶如一隻神秘而似有似無的手，小心翼翼的佈置櫥窗 (show window) 。[back]
3. out of Nowhere: 不知從何而來。Nowhere一字用大寫開始，以強調大自然的神秘。春天不知從何而來，正如觀者只見一隻手從櫥窗後伸入窗內佈置一切，而不見窗後的人一樣。[back]
5. stare:  凝視。stare後即未再用字，從每行應佔的時間來看，令人有凝視良久之感。[back]
9. changing everything carefully:  這三字自成一行，而且前後各空一行，由此可以顯出這三個字的重要性。春天有如佈置櫥窗的手，小心謹慎，改變一切。[back]
12-13. to and fro: 來來回回地。[back]
13-14. New and Old things: New和 Old二字皆以大寫開始，旨在強調手在櫥窗內新舊的事物一起更動。[back]
16-18. 意指春在不知不覺中，點點滴滴的改變大地，所以說在此處移上一點似有似無的(春)花，在彼處置上一吋(春的)氣息。fraction，微量; 部份。air，氣息。[back]
19. without breaking anything 和第九行一樣，此三字自成一行，旨在強調春天(如櫥窗中的手)沒有破壞任何東西。[back]

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