株守著的昨夜如雋永

你是牧星的神啊

己將星兒放牧去了

聽羊的蹄音的的

隱約自星星的迥響處

你是那個曾將星兒洗濯過的少年

那年

你提著宮燈

便步上虹的小梯了

偶然失足

踢碎了虹外的星群

且將足音搖落

于七月的雲上

你說，你仍不曾忘了

那年伴你放牧的小女孩

你的小嘉莉

 (註﹕小嘉利即印度卡雷女神象徵創造或破壞之神)

寫於一九七一年

曾刊於成功日報[學生版]&台灣[大地]詩刊

THE GOD TO HERD STARS

Awaiting meaningfully as yesterday

You’re the god to herd stars

Stars, already scattering

Hearing the sound of sheeps’hooves

Indistinglly echoes from stars

You are the youth who has taken stars washing

That year

You took a palace lamp

Stepped onto the ladder of rainbow

Occasionally you stumbled

Shattering stars beyong the rainbow

Your tottering foot sound

Falling upon the clouds of July

You say you still not forget 

Your little kali

A girl accompanied you to herd stars

October 6, 2006

Note: Kali is a Hindu goddess personifying creation and destruction.

In Rabindyanath Tagor’s drama [Sacrifice] Kali is a destructive goddess