His Exterior

他的外表

toes like blue glass marbles

脚趾像蓝色玻璃弹珠

nails like wax shavings

指甲像蜡屑

feet like those of an elephant   

脚像大象的

heels like narrow escapes

脚跟像死里逃生

soles like yellow sponges expanding in water   

脚底像黄海绵在水中膨胀

legs like longitude and latitude   

腿像经度和纬度

knees like neon headlights

膝盖像霓虹灯

thighs like open desert in a movie   

大腿像电影里的旷野

hips like a leaping horse

臀部像匹跃起的马

a belly button like a luminescent watch   

肚脐像块发光的手表

pubic hair like frontier instances   

阴毛像疆界实事

a penis like overnight mail

阴茎像连夜邮件

balls large as a boar-hound’s

卵大得像猎猪獒的

seminal vesicles like tulip bulbs in a paper bag   

精囊像纸袋里的郁金香球茎

testicle muscles like rising chords   

睾丸肌像上升和弦

an asshole like an undiscovered planet   

屁眼像个尚未被发现的星球

buttocks like a fleet antelope’s   

屁股像叉角羚的

a sacrum like plein air painting   

骶骨像户外写生

a back like a chalked sidewalk   

背部像粉笔画的人行道

a spinal column like a suspension bridge   

脊柱像座悬索桥

ribs like a bookcase

肋骨像个书柜

a sternum like gum

胸骨像树脂

shoulder blades like kitchen tables   

肩胛骨像厨房餐桌

a chest like a stuffed animal

胸像只填充动物

pectorals like floating bars of soap   

胸肌像漂浮的肥皂

shoulders like observed facts

肩膀像观察到的事实

arms like lassos

手臂像套索

fingers like sparklers

手指像烟火

wrist bones like a shipyard

腕骨像家船坞

elbows like antidotes

肘像解毒剂

hands like passports

手像护照

an Adam’s apple like a great circle course

喉结像条大环线

a beard like Whitman’s

胡子像惠特曼的

a chin like a lichen-splotched rock   

下巴像块苔藓斑驳的岩石

ears like a full bathtub

耳朵像个浴缸

a nose like a birdcage

鼻子像个鸟笼

nostrils like subway tunnels   

鼻孔像地铁隧道

eyebrows like a captive audience   

眉毛像位俘获的观众

a birthmark like a stop sign   

胎记像个停车标识

eyelids like a partial eclipse   

眼睑像次偏食

eyes like effervescence

眼像泡腾

optical nerves like an orchid

视神经像株兰花

a forehead like a window display   

额头像面展示橱窗

temples like singing crickets   

鬓角像唱歌的蟋蟀

cheeks like party invitations   

脸颊像派对邀请函

jaws like handcuffs

下颚像手铐

teeth like sweet tea

牙齿像甜茶

a tongue like watercolors

舌像水彩

a mouth like a silk lampshade   

嘴像丝绸灯罩

a face like a moving picture   

脸像段影片

a head like a jar of pennies   

头像硬币罐

a skull like a geode

头骨像个晶洞

skin with a black line running down it   

皮肤上一条黑线划下

epidermis like a wool sweater   

表皮像件羊毛衫

whiskers like a street sweeper   

络腮胡像辆街道清扫车

and hair like a cloudy day.

头发像个阴天。

His Interior

他的内里

cerebellum like a coffee grinder

小脑像个咖啡研磨机

cerebral lobes like a house on fire

大脑叶像座着火的房子

cranial membranes like a construction-paper diorama   

颅膜像美术纸折的立体模型

optical nerves like a developing Polaroid

视神经像正在冲洗的宝丽来

cerebral fornix like colonial maps

大脑穹窿像殖民地图

pineal gland like a giant pinecone

松果腺像个巨大的松果

circulatory system like cello strings

循环系统像大提琴琴弦

eardrums like a still life with oranges

耳膜像幅橘子静物

forehead like television   

前额像电视

backbone like a fiddlehead fern

脊柱像株蕨菜

nerve channels like transatlantic cables

神经线路像跨大西洋电缆

uvula like a propeller   

悬雍垂像螺旋桨

palate like a telegram

味蕾像电报

saliva like a rotating sprinkler

唾液像旋转洒水器

tonsils like action figures

扁桃体像动作人偶

stomach like professional wrestling

胃像职业摔跤

trachea like pirate radio

气管像海盗电台

throat like a bold headline

喉咙像栏醒目标题

lungs like plastic bags caught in a tree

肺像困在树上的塑料袋

heart like a supernova

心像超新星

pulmonary membranes like dirigibles

肺膜像飞船

arteries like rush hour   

动脉像高峰期

diaphragm like the sound barrier

隔膜像声屏障

liver like a public trial

肝像公开审判

veins like Japanese characters

血管像日文

spleen like a rogue   

脾像个流氓

bowels like surrealism   

肠像超现实主义

guts like an inheritance

胆像笔遗产

small intestine like fake pearls

小肠像假珍珠

large intestine like stolen currency

大肠像偷来的货币

colon like reliable data   

结肠像可靠数据

rectum like a fade-out   

直肠像淡出

kidneys like a barrier reef

肾像堡礁

loins like a mowed lawn   

后腰像刈后的草坪

renal veins like gossip   

肾静脉像八卦

sperm glands like lava beds   

精子腺像熔岩床

prostate like a fissure vent   

前列腺像条裂缝口

bladder like a fish bowl   

膀胱像个鱼缸

abdomen like a leather suitcase   

腹像个皮箱

muscles like an assembly line   

肌肉像流水线

tendons like pickpockets   

筋腱像扒手

ligaments like safety pins   

韧带像别针

bones like bones

骨像骨

marrow like realism

骨髓像现实主义

cartilage like strips of kelp   

软骨像海带

lymph glands like sentimentality   

淋巴腺像感伤癖

urine like sugar water   

尿像糖水

blood like melted crayons   

血像融化的蜡笔

and sperm like flies in amber.

精液像琥珀中的苍蝇。

How He Acts

他的行事

If he laughs, it’s spontaneous combustion   

他一笑，便是自燃

If he mutters, it’s a retreating glacier

他一咕哝，便是退却的冰山

If he pouts, he sharpens his horn on stones

他一噘嘴，便在石上磨他的角

If he jumps up and down, its hard to look away

他一跳上跳下，便很难移开目光

If he scratches himself, it’s with an aspen branch

他一抓挠自己，便是用白杨树枝

If he gets angry, he fights with tooth, horn, and heel   

他一生气，便用牙齿、角和脚跟打架

If he spits, he fights his own kind   

他一吐痰，便打斗自己的同类

If he blows his nose, it starts a riot   

他一吹他的鼻子，便引发骚乱

If he sweats, it’s monsoons

他一出汗，便是季风

If he coughs, it unlocks doors in the next room

他一咳嗽，便解锁隔壁房间的门

If he argues, it’s over lost rituals

他一辩论，便有关遗失的仪式

If he sighs, it ruffles goldfinch feathers   

他一叹气，便弄皱金翅雀的羽毛

If he whistles, it’s overheard miles away   

他一吹口哨，便能在数英里外听到

If he snores, it’s over nostalgic reveries

他一打鼾，便是怀旧的遐想

If he scowls, spears launch from his eyes   

他一皱眉，矛便从眼里射出

If he snorts, it’s over gilt lion-head spouts   

他一哼气，便冲着镀金狮头喷嘴

If he shits, it’s historical documents   

他一拉屎，便是历史文献

If he belches, it’s a diary

他一打嗝，便是本日记

If he vomits, there’s finger-pointing all around

他一呕吐，四处便指指点点

If he walks, it’s Chaplin

他一走路，便是卓别林

If he writes, it’s manifestos

他一写字，便是宣言

If he goes shopping, it’s for lentils and peas   

他一购物，便是买小扁豆和豌豆

If he dances, it’s the Rites of Spring   

他一跳舞，便是春之祭

If he swears, he’s a ryght cruell beast

他一发誓，便是头凶残猛兽

If he drives, it’s among the Mountains of the Moon   

他一开车，便在月亮群山间

If he bathes, it’s in deceptive surfaces   

他一洗澡，便身处欺骗性的表面

If he dresses, it’s a white linen suit   

他一穿衣，便是套白色亚麻装

If he wonders, it’s if his own reflection   

他一异想，便审视自我

If he’s jealous, it’s of birthday parties   

他一嫉妒，便是因为生日派对

If he lies, it’s about mathematical errors   

他一撒谎，便是关于数学错误

If he spends money, it’s on magic lanterns   

他一花钱，便是为了幻灯

If he goes to the movies, it’s Vertigo

他一去看电影，便是《迷魂记》

If he listens to music, it’s the sound of running water

他一听音乐，便闻流水声

If he falls, it’s down a slope of turf into the bushes   

他一跌倒，便沿斜草坡落入灌木丛

If he recites, it’s from the Beast Epic of Alexandria   

他一朗诵，便出自亚历山大港的野兽史诗

If he is seduced, it’s a river of electricity

他一被引诱，便是条通电的河

If he is curious, he attempts to draw

他一好奇，便想要画画

If he calls, it’s about weather patterns

他一打电话，便关于气象

If he sings, it’s ‘Tyger, Tyger’

他一唱歌，便是“老虎，老虎”

and if he escapes, he’s swift of foot.

他一逃脱，便足步敏捷。