Shoes, secret face of my inner life:

鞋子，我内心生活的隐秘面孔：

Two gaping toothless mouths,

两张张开的无牙的嘴，

Two partly decomposed animal skins

两张部分腐烂的动物的皮

Smelling of mice nests.

闻到老鼠窝的味儿。

My brother and sister who died at birth

出生时死去的兄弟姐妹

Continuing their existence in you,

继续在我体内活着，

Guiding my life

指导我的生活

Toward their incomprehensible innocence.

步入他们难以理解的纯真。

What use are books to me

书对我有何用

When in you it is possible to read

当你们附我身阅读

The Gospel of my life on earth

我在地上生活的福音

And still beyond, of things to come?

什么事情能够超越？

I want to proclaim the religion

我想赞美神

I have devised for your perfect humility

我为完美的虔诚规划

And the strange church I am building

还有在建的教堂

With you as the altar.

它以你们为祭。

Ascetic and maternal, you endure:

如苦行僧和母性，你承受：

Kin to oxen, to Saints, to condemned men,

亲近牛，圣徒，被定罪的人，

With your mute patience, forming

用你沉默的耐性，塑造

The only true likeness of myself.

我唯一真实的面容。