Beautiful natural blossoms,

美丽的自然的花朵，

Pure delicate body,

纯净而精美的身体，

You stand without trembling.

你纹丝不动地站在那里。

Little mist of fallen starlight,

洒落的星光下，薄雾升起，

Perfect, beyond my reach,

我无法触及的完美，

How I envy you.

我多么羡慕你。

For if you could only listen,

如果你只能聆听，

I would tell you something,

我要跟你说点儿事情，

Something human.

关于人的事情。

An old man

一位老人

Appeared to me once

曾在令人难以忍受的雪中

In the unendurable snow.

出现在我面前。

He had a singe of white

他的脸上

Beard on his face.

有一把烧焦的白胡子。

He paused on a street in Minneapolis

他在明尼阿波利斯的一条街上徘徊着，

And stroked my face.

撞见了我。

Give it to me, he begged.

给我吧，他乞求道。

I'll pay you anything.

我将用一切来回报你。

I flinched. Both terrified,

我退缩了。我们都很惶恐，

We slunk away,

便仓皇逃走了，

Each in his own way dodging

在各自的路上

The cruel darts of the cold.

躲避寒冷的袭击。

Beautiful natural blossoms,

美丽的自然的花朵，

How could you possibly

你怎么可能

Worry or bother or care

担心、忧虑或在乎

About the ashamed, hopeless

这个羞愧、无望的

Old man? He was so near death

老人？他离死亡如此的近，

He was willing to take

他愿意接受

Any love he could get,

一切能够得到的爱，

Even at the risk

甚至不怕

Of some mocking policeman

被满脸嘲笑的警察

Or some cute young wiseacre

或某个装腔作势、自作聪明的年轻人

Smashing his dentures,

打碎牙齿，

Perhaps leading him on

他们可能会把他带到

To a dark place and there

某个黑暗的地方，在那里

Kicking him in his dead groin

踢他那疲劳的腹股沟，

Just for the fun of it.

只是为了取乐。

Young tree, unburdened

年轻的树，你不为任何事物

By anything but your beautiful natural blossoms

所累，除了你那美丽的自然的花朵

And dew, the dark

以及露珠，我体内

Blood in my body drags me

黑暗的血把我

Down with my brother.

和我的兄弟拽下来。