冬日诗行

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Tell yourself

as it gets cold and gray falls from the air

that you will go on

walking, hearing

the same tune no matter where

you find yourself———

inside the dome of dark

or under the cracking white

of the moon′s gaze in a valley of snow.

Tonight as it gets cold

tell yourself

what you know which is nothing

but the tune your bones play

as you keep going. And you will be able

for once to lie down under the small fire

of winter stars.

And if it happens that you cannot

go on or turn back and you find yourself

where you will be at the end,

tell yourself

in that final flowing of cold through your limbs

that you love what you are.

告诉你自己吧

当天气转冷，灰暗从天而降

你将继续

前行，听着

同样的曲子，不必理会

在哪里找到你自己———

黑暗的穹隆里，

或是雪谷中，月亮凝望的

咯吱作响的白色下。

今夜，当天气转冷

告诉你自己吧

你所知的全属虚无

只是当你继续赶路时

骨骼奏响的曲子。有朝一日

你终会躺下，在冬日之星

小小的火焰下。

如若那样———你不能

前进或是回头，在即临的终点

你找到你自己，

告诉你自己吧

在穿过你四肢的最后的寒流中，

你爱你所是的一切。