Tell yourself

告诉你自己

as it gets cold and gray falls from the air

当天气转冷，天色灰沉

that you will go on

你必须继续

walking, hearing

前行，继续听着

the same tune no matter where

同样的音调

you find yourself—

无论你身在何处 —

inside the dome of dark

在黑暗的穹顶内

or under the cracking white

或者是在雪谷中

of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow.

月亮洁白的凝视下

Tonight as it gets cold

tell yourself

今夜，当天气转冷

what you know which is nothing

告诉你自己

but the tune your bones play

你所知道的一切

as you keep going. And you will be able

无非只是你继续行走时

for once to lie down under the small fire

骨骼奏响的曲调，而你总算可以

of winter stars.

躺在冬日

And if it happens that you cannot

微弱的星火下。

go on or turn back

但是倘若你不能

and you find yourself

继续前行或无法转回

where you will be at the end,

并且你发现自己

tell yourself

就在你要到达的终点

in that final flowing of cold through your limbs

告诉自己

that you love what you are.

在穿过你四肢的寒流中

你爱这样的自己。