他们等候被谋杀，

They’re waiting to be murdered,

或被驱逐。很快

Or evicted. Soon

他们就没有东西吃。

They expect to have nothing to eat.

据我所知，他们从不出门。

In the meantime, they sit.

他们认为，巨大的痛苦即将来临。

A violent pain is coming, they think.

从大脑开始

It will start in the heart

扩散到肠胃。

And climb into the mouth.

他们将被担架抬走，伴随着呻吟。

They’ll be carried off in stretchers, howling.

今晚，他们从五楼的窗户

Tonight they watch the window

察看大街动静。

Without exchanging a word.

刚下过雨，现在看来

It has rained, and now it looks

接着要下雪。

Like it’s going to snow a little.

我望见他起身放低窗帘。

I see him get up to lower the shades.

我明白如果窗户一直黑着，

If their window stays dark,

那一定是当她要开灯时

I know his hand has reached hers

他按住了她的手。

Just as she was about to turn on the lights.