Poppies in October
十月的虞美人

Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts.
即使今天的朝霞也无奈这些似裙的花朵。

Nor the woman in the ambulance
救护车里的女人也是无奈

Whose red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly——
鲜红的血从心脏涌出渗透大衣，令人惊骇——

A gift, a love gift
这礼物，爱的礼物

Utterly unasked for
天空完全没有

By a sky
想要

Palely and flamily
天空苍白而耀眼

Igniting its carbon monoxide, by eyes
燃烧着一氧化碳，圆顶

Dulled to a halt under bowlers.
帽子下的双眼呆滞了。

O my God, what am I
哦，我的上帝，我算什么

That these late mouths should cry open
迟开的花朵张大嘴叫喊

In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers.
结霜的树林，矢车菊盛开之初。

(1962/10/27. p.240. No.195)
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