Vermeer's little girl, now famous
watches me. A pearl watches me.
The lips of Vermeer's little girl
are red, moist, and shining.
Oh Vermeer's little girl, oh pearl,
blue turban: you are all light
and I am made of shadow.
Light looks down on shadow
with forbearance, perhaps pity.
今天偶然在网上看到该诗的中文版,顺便找到英文版,并附上原画。
弗美尔(或译维米尔)留传下来的画作总共只有二十多幅,《戴珍珠耳环的少女》(The Girl with a Pearl Earring)无疑是其中最璀璨的一颗“珍珠”,也是我最喜欢的画之一。后来有人根据此画写了一本同名小说,又有人将小说改编成同名电影。