They’re waiting to be murdered,

他们等候被谋杀，

Or evicted. Soon

或被驱逐。很快

They expect to have nothing to eat.

他们就没有东西吃。

In the meantime, they sit.

据我所知，他们从不出门。

A violent pain is coming, they think.

他们认为，巨大的痛苦即将来临。

It will start in the heart

从大脑开始

And climb into the mouth.

扩散到肠胃。

They’ll be carried off in stretchers, howling.

他们将被担架抬走，伴随着呻吟。

Tonight they watch the window

今晚，他们从五楼的窗户

Without exchanging a word.

察看大街动静。

It has rained, and now it looks

刚下过雨，现在看来

Like it’s going to snow a little.

接着要下雪。

I see him get up to lower the shades.

我望见他起身放低窗帘。

If their window stays dark,

我明白如果窗户一直黑着，

I know his hand has reached hers

那一定是当她要开灯时

Just as she was about to turn on the lights.

他按住了她的手。