My younger brother fell in the grass

那一天，我们在草地玩耍，

as we played, and rose

弟弟跌倒了，起来后

with a thick gash across his knee-cap,

膝盖出现一道深深的切痕。

we followed him dirge-like

我们跟着他

back to the house.

悻悻回到屋内，

We took him to hospital

然后送他去医院

to get it stitched, his screams

缝合伤口，他的尖叫

pitched like sonar depending

如声纳，随着

on where the needle was.

针尖移动。

They kept him over night.

当晚大夫让他住下。

This place has seen all

这个医院见证了

of our childish misfortunes

我们童年所有的不幸，

but it is also the place

当年哥哥

where my older brother died.

就死在那儿。

As we left we heard whooping

我们离开时，一个房间里

from a room that sounded like

传来叫喊，就像

celebration, my father said

有人在欢庆。父亲说，

its where they tell you

他们就是在那

the bad news,

将坏消息告诉家属的。

it was the sound of men

男人们发出的嚎叫

so distraught that they barked.

如此悲痛欲绝，犹如犬吠。

Later, in the soft glow

之后，父亲驾车

of the dash board dials

送我们回去，

my father quietly wept

仪表盘发出柔和的微光，

while he drove.

我们看到他悄悄哭了。