Mark Strand, Lines For Winter

Lines For Winter

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.

告訴你自己
當天氣變冷且灰色從空中墜落
你將會繼續
走著，聽著
相同的曲調不論你在
哪裡找到你自己——
在黑色的圓穹內
或在雪谷裡月亮的凝視
徹底的白色底下。
今晚當天氣變冷
告訴你自己
你所知道的沒有別的
只有當你繼續行走時
你的骨頭演奏的曲調。且你將可能
有天躺倒在冬季星群的
小火底下。
而若它成真，你不能
繼續或回頭而你找到你自己
在你將在的終點，
告訴你自己
在那寒冷最後的氾濫越過你的肢體
你愛你僅所是