Lines for Winter by Mark Strand
for Ros Krauss Krouss
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Tell yourself
告诉你自己
as it gets cold and gray falls from the air
天气渐冷而天色黯淡
that you will go on
你要继续
walking, hearing
前行 倾听
the same tune no matter where
同样的旋律 不必理会
you find yourself—
你在何处找到你自己
inside the dome of dark
黑暗的穹顶之内
or under the cracking white
或是皎月凝望的雪谷
of the moon’s gaze in a valley of snow.
绝美的皑白之下。
Tonight as it gets cold
今夜,当天气渐冷
tell yourself
告诉你自己
what you know which is nothing
你所知的全属虚无
but the tune your bones play
惟余你继续前行时 骨骼奏响的旋律。
as you keep going. And you will be able
有朝一日
for once to lie down under the small fire
你终会躺在冬日之星的
of winter stars.
微光之下。
And if it happens that you cannot
而如若你遭遇无法
go on or turn back
前行或是后退
and you find yourself
并发现自己在
where you will be at the end,
终将抵达的尽头
tell yourself
告诉你自己
in that final flowing of cold through your limbs
在穿过你肢体最后的寒风中
that you love what you are.
你爱你所是的一切。
译:将惘