Lines for Winter

for Ros Krauss

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.

冬日詩行

致羅斯·克勞斯（著 ）

告訴你自己

當(dāng)天氣變冷陰郁從天而降

你將會繼續(xù)

行走，傾聽

同樣的旋律無論你在哪里

找到自己——

在黑暗的圓屋頂內(nèi)

或是在白雪覆蓋的山谷中

月亮潔白的凝視下

今夜天變涼了

告訴你自己

你所知道的

無非是當(dāng)你不停地行進(jìn)時

你骨頭奏響的樂曲。你將第一次

能夠躺在冬日星辰的

微弱火焰下。

如果你不能

繼續(xù)或者回頭

并且發(fā)現(xiàn)自己

在最終要到達(dá)的地方，

告訴你自己

在那穿過你四肢的最后寒流中

你愛你之為你