女孩坐在坚硬的地面上，

The girl sits on the hard ground,

一九二一年的旱灾，俄罗斯的

the dry pan of Russia, in the drought

干碾机，把她震昏了，

of 1921, stunned,

双眼紧闭，嘴巴张开，

eyes closed, mouth open,

粗粝的热风把沙子

raw hot wind blowing

刮到她脸上。饥饿和青春期

sand in her face. Hunger and puberty are

正一起裹挟着她。她靠在麻袋上，

taking her together. She leans on a sack,

一层层衣服在炎热里摆动，

layers of clothes fluttering in the heat,

手臂娇嫩的桡骨弯曲着。

the new radius of her arm curved.

难掩其美，但她

She cannot be not beautiful, but she is

正在挨饿。一天比一天瘦，她的骨头

starving. Each day she grows thinner, and her bones

变得更长、疏松。标题说

grow longer, porous. The caption says

那个冬天她将同数百万人

she is going to starve to death that winter

一起饿死。在她肉体深处

with millions of others. Deep in her body

卵巢释放出她最初的卵子，

the ovaries let out her first eggs,

珍贵如一粒粒粮食。

golden as drops of grain.