I liked my little hole,

我喜欢我的小洞

Its window facing a brick wall.

窗户对着砖墙

Next door there was a piano.

隔壁有一架钢琴

A few evenings a month

每月有几晚上

a crippled old man came to play

一个瘸腿老头会弹奏

“My Blue Heaven.”

“我的蓝色天堂”

Mostly, though, it was quiet.

大部分时候很安静

Each room with its spider in heavy overcoat

每间房内的蜘蛛穿着厚衣

Catching his fly with a web

在烟圈与梦幻的网中

Of cigarette smoke and revery.

捕捉他的飞虫

So dark,

太黑了

I could not see my face in the shaving mirror.

在刮胡子的镜子前我看不见自己的脸

At 5 A.M. the sound of bare feet upstairs.

凌晨五点，有人光脚上楼

The “Gypsy” fortuneteller,

是那个“吉普赛”算命人

Whose storefront is on the corner,

他在拐角有间店铺

Going to pee after a night of love.

晚上做完爱

Once, too, the sound of a child sobbing.

现在去上厕所

So near it was, I thought

此刻传来孩子的哭声

For a moment, I was sobbing myself.

好近啊，我想

一会儿我自己也哭起来