当我感到压抑或焦虑沉闷时

When I am feeling depressed and anxious sullen

你要做的就是脱掉衣服

all you have to do is take your clothes off

一切都被抹去显露生命的柔情

and all is wiped away revealing life's tenderness

我们是肉体我们呼吸并最像自己

that we are flesh and breathe and are near us

正如你就像真实的你而我成为真正

as you are really as you are I become as I

活着的我且隐约知道什么是

really am alive and knowing vaguely what is

且对我来说什么是重要的除了那些

and what is important to me above the intrusions

与我生活毫不相关的事件

of incident and accidental relationships

和偶然关系的侵扰之外

which have nothing to do with my life

when I am in your presence I feel life is strong

当我在你面前时我感到生命强大

and will defeat all its enemies and all of mine

将打败它所有的敌人所有我的

and all of yours and yours in you and mine in me

所有你的你中你的和我中我的敌人

sick logic and feeble reasoning are cured

病态的逻辑和软弱的论证

by the perfect symmetry of your arms and legs

被你手臂和腿的完美对称治愈

spread out making an eternal circle together

一起伸展成一个永恒的圆圈

creating a golden pillar beside the Atlantic

在大西洋边造一根金色的支柱

the faint line of hair dividing your torso

一行淡淡的绒毛划分着你的躯体

gives my mind rest and emotions their release

让我的头脑休息让情绪得以释放

into the infinite air where since once we are

到无限的空气中因为一旦我们

together we always will be in this life come what may

在一起我们将永远在此生不管发生什么

注释：

1 格特鲁德·斯泰因（Gertrude Stein，1874-1946），美国小说家、诗人、剧作家和艺术收藏家。