比黑暗更好
better than darkness
是假黑暗
is fake darkness
哄骗你
which swindles you
与你邻居的女儿
into necking with
亲热
your neighbor´s daughter
比银行更好
better than banks
是假银行
are false banks
把你所有横财
where you put
变成法币
all your rough money
into legal tender
比咖啡更好
是蓝咖啡
better than coffee
你在临终沐浴时
is blue coffee
或有时在等待
which you drink
你的鞋子
in your last bath
被脱掉时
or sometimes waiting
饮
for your shoes
to be dismantled
比诗更好
是我的诗
better than poetry
包罗
is my poetry
美丽的
which refers
庄严的一切，但又
to everything
并非如此
that is beautiful and
dignified, but is
比狂野更好
neither of these itself
是秘密狂野
像我在我的车里
better than wild
在停车场的
is secretly wild
黑暗里
as when I am in my car
和一个新朋友
in the darkness of
a parking space
比艺术更好
with a new friend
是可怖的艺术
为神所回避
better than art
在随后的
is repulsive art
鼎沸人声中
which is shunned
我溜进
by Hashem
百老汇剧院
and in the ensuing
在哈达萨那一幕
hullaballoo
坐下，没被发现
I slip
into broadway theaters
比伟大更好
and sit undetected
是愚蠢的伟大
in the Hadassah section
让我
在我的车库里
better than greatness
放下心来
is silly greatness
更好地
which stands me
把所有鸡蛋
on the shoulders
放进同一个篮子
of my garage
the better to
比记忆更好
drop all the eggs
是促狭的记忆
into one basket
是爱国主义和
国家利益
better than memory
榨出的汁
is tricky memory
是丈夫的堕落
which is the juice
是所有的悲伤表演
of patriotism and
national interest
比黑暗更好
and the fall of husbands
是没有黑暗
and all the Sad Show
更黑，更广
更深
better than darkness
诡异严寒——
is darkless
满是洞穴
which is inkier, vaster
和明亮刺眼的隧道
more profound
那里出现
and eerily refrigerated -
招着手的已故亲人
filled with caves
和其他宗教的
and blinding tunnels
仪轨物什
in which appear
beckoning dead relatives
比爱更好
and other religious
是禅爱
paraphernalia
更纯粹
better than love
更平和
is rove
情色，不可思议——
which is the Japanese
安详的人儿很小
more refined
生殖器很大
smoother
但比想象更轻
strangely erotic-
稳稳安放
tiny serene people
在雾之睫毛
with huge genitalia
从此以后
but lighter than thought
清苦地生活
comfortably installed
劈柴煮饭，修枝剪草
on an eyelash of mist
生儿育女
and living grimly
ever after
比我母亲更好
cooking, gardening
是你的母亲
and raising kids
她还健在
我的已经去世
better than my mother
无可置疑
is your mother
who is still alive
比我更好
while mine is dead
是你
as a doornail
比我更善良
是你
better than me
更甜更灵更快
are you
你你你
kinder than me
比我更美
are you
比我更强
sweeter smarter faster
比我更孤独
you you you
我要更好地，更好地
prettier than me
了解你
stronger than me
lonelier than me
I want to get to know you
better and better