Tell yourself

告诉你自己

as it gets cold and gray falls from the air

当天气转冷，灰暗从天而降

that you will go on

你将继续

walking, hearing

前行，听着

the same tune no matter where

同样的曲调，无论在哪里

you find yourself—

你找到你自己——

inside the dome of dark

黑暗的穹隆里，

or under the cracking white

或是雪谷中，月亮凝望的

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

咯吱作响的白色下。

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

你所知的全属虚无

as you keep going. And you will be able

除了当你继续赶路时

for once to lie down under the small fire

骨骼奏响的曲调。而有朝一日

of winter stars.

你终会躺下，在冬日之星

And if it happens that you cannot

小小的火焰下。

go on or turn back

如若遭遇——你不能

and you find yourself

前进或是回头，在即临的终点

where you will be at the end,

你找到你自己，

tell yourself

告诉你自己

in that final flowing of cold through your limbs

在穿过你肢体的最后的寒流中，

that you love what you are.

你爱你所是的一切。