If I said – remembering in summer,

要是我说——在夏天回想着，

The cardinal’s sudden smudge of red

主红雀是突如其来的红污点

In the bare gray winter woods –

在冬天赤裸的灰色树林里——

If I said, red ribbon on the cocked straw hat

要是我说，红缎带在歪顶草帽上

Of the girl with pooched-out lips

那带狗的女孩——噘着嘴唇

Dangling a wiry lapdog

牵着一条瘦长结实的哈巴狗

In the painting by Renoir –

在雷诺阿的绘画里——

If I said fire, if I said blood welling from a cut –

要是我说火，要是我说从一道伤口鲜血涌流——

或鸦片里罂粟花的斑点——青草染香夏日空气

Or flecks of poppy in the tar-grass scented summer air

在风中——吹袭费诺郊外的山坡——

On a wind-struck hillside outside Fano –

要是我说，她的一只红耳环晃荡在她光滑的耳垂上，

If I said, her one red earring tugging at her silky lobe,

要是她说命运带有一副落叶的纸牌

一直屡试不爽——

If she tells fortunes with a deck of fallen leaves

胭脂红的乳头，嘴——

Until it comes out right –

（你怎么能不爱一个

Rouged nipple, mouth –

在塔罗牌作弊的女人？）

(How could you not love a woman

红色，我说。突如其来的，红色。

Who cheats at the Tarot?)

Red, I said. Sudden, red.