Eight years later the woman is given

八年过后，那女人才拿到

a house for five months at the edge of town

一只房子，得以在沙漠小镇边

in the desert. It’s August and the desert is green.

住五个月。那是八月，沙漠绿了。

When rain falls, she drives beyond the dark clouds.

落雨时，她驾车奔驰在黑云外，

Past an antelope resting, legs under it,

经过一头休息的羚羊，它腿在身下，

head raised, white marks. Drives slowly around

头昂着，白色斑点。慢慢避开

a turtle. If the man lied about love,

一只旱龟。谁要是对爱情撒谎，

or even if it was true, there was immense damage.

即便出于真心，也会有巨大的伤害。

When she awoke she was at the beginning where

她醒来时，便已处于爱情终点

love ends. Beauty everywhere on the road.

的开始处。路上每一处都有美。

Silence inside her body in the clear

沉默，在她体内，身体在清澄的

Evening air, near the Mexico border.

夜空中，人在墨西哥边境不远处。

【按】题目的意思是：以美为刃，斩人于无形；借爱之名，残酷如屠戮。然而，英文简洁些。第七行“谁”原文“那(男)人，我故意的。