Tell yourself

告诉你自己

as it gets cold and gray falls from the air

当天气转冷，天色灰沉

that you will go on

你必须继续

walking, hearing

前行，继续听着

the same tune no matter where

同样的音调

you find yourself—

无论你身在何处 —

inside the dome of dark

在黑暗的穹顶内

or under the cracking white

或者是在雪谷中

of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow.

月亮洁白的凝视下

Tonight as it gets cold

今夜，当天气转冷

tell yourself

告诉你自己

what you know which is nothing

你所知道的一切

but the tune your bones play

无非只是你继续行走时

as you keep going. And you will be able

骨骼奏响的曲调，而你总算可以

for once to lie down under the small fire

躺在冬日

of winter stars.

微弱的星火下。

And if it happens that you cannot

但是倘若你不能

go on or turn back

继续前行或无法转回

and you find yourself

并且你发现自己

where you will be at the end,

就在你要到达的终点

tell yourself

告诉自己

in that final flowing of cold through your limbs

在穿过你四肢的寒流中

that you love what you are.

你爱这样的自己。