Did they send me away from my cat and my wife

他们是不是把我送去，远离我的猫和我妻子，

To a doctor who poked me and counted my teeth,

到一个戳弄我并数我牙齿的医生那儿，

To a line on a plain, to a stove in a tent?

到一处平地上排成一排，到一个帐蓬里的炉子旁边？

Did I nod in the flies of the schools?

我在成群的苍蝇堆里打盹了吗？

And the fighters rolled into the tracer like rabbits,

战士们像大批的兔子滚进了追踪者的掌心。

The blood froze over my splints like a scab—

血液凝结在我的夹板上像一块疮疤……

Did I snore, all still and grey in the turret,

我打鼾了吗，在寂静而阴暗的炮塔里，

Till the palms rose out of the sea with my death?

直到棕榈载着我的死亡升出海面？

And the world ends here, in the sand of a grave,

而我的世界在此终止，在一座坟墓的沙土中，

All my wars over? How easy it was to die!

我所有的战争都算结束？死是多么容易啊！

Has my wife a pension of so many mice?

我妻子有一笔跟这些耗子一样多的抚恤金吗？

Did the medals go home to my cat?

奖章送到家挂在我的猫脖子上了吗？