All right. Try this,

好吧。那就尝尝

Then. Every body

这个，我认识和关心的

I know and care for,

每个人，

And every body

以及其余的

Else is going

将要

To die in a loneliness

在难以想象的孤寂

I can't imagine and a pain

和无法了解的痛苦中

I don't know. We had

死去的人们。我们

To go on living. We

必须继续活下去。我们

Untangled the net, we slit

解开渔网，我们

The body of this fish

刨开这条鱼的身体，

Open from the hinge of the tail

从鱼尾的分叉

To a place beneath the chin

到下颌处

I wish I could sing of.

我希望我可以为此歌唱。

I would just as soon we let

我希望我们可以让

The living go on living.

这个生命继续活下去。

An old poet whom we believe in

一位我们信赖的老诗人

Said the same thing, and so

说过同样的事，所以

We paused among the dark cattails and prayed

我们在香蒲丛停留了一会，祈祷

For the muskrats,

为那些麝鼠，

For the ripples below their tails,

为它们尾下的波纹，

For the little movements that we knew the crawdads were making

为我们所知的小龙虾在水下的小小动静，

under water,

为我当警察的堂兄的右手手腕。

For the right-hand wrist of my cousin who is a policeman.

我们祈求护猎员能视而不见。

We prayed for the game warden's blindness.

我们祈求回家的路平安。

We prayed for the road home.

我们吃掉了那条鱼。

We ate the fish.

我的身体里一定有非常美妙的东西，

There must be something very beautiful in my body,

我非常开心。

I am so happy.