范禾 译
或许你情愿住在一间
可以爬上山坡的狭小房子里
接着会摸索着回到起点
仿佛什么也没发生过。
你会与谦和的邻居
共享一顿三明治晚餐。
你说，一切就快要结束了。
我们都对此深信不疑，时钟正滴答作响:
燃烧起来吧，燃烧。
Like a Photograph
You might like to live in one of these smallish
houses that start to climb a hill, then fumble
back to the beginning as though nothing had happened.
You might enjoy a dinner of sandwiches
with the neighbor who makes concessions.
It will be all over in a minute, you said. We both
believed that, and the clock’s ticking: Flame on, flame on.
