A person protests to fate:

一个人向命运抗议：

"The things you have caused

“你致使我

me most to want

最想要的东西

are those that furthest elude me."

最遥不可及。”

Fate nods.

命运点头。

Fate is sympathetic.

命运有同情心。

To tie the shoes, button a shirt,

系上鞋带，系上衬衫纽扣，

are triumphs

是一种凯旋，

for only the very young,

仅仅对那些年幼者

the very old.

和年老者。

During the long middle:

而在这漫长的时间中：

conjugating a rivet

给一颗铆钉变位

mastering tango

精通探戈

training the cat to stay off the table

训练一只猫不跳上桌子

preserving a single moment longer than this one

储存起比此刻更长久的一瞬

continuing to wake whatever has happened the day before

持续唤醒前一天所发生的

and the penmanships love practices inside the body.

还有爱的书法在身体里践行。