Tell yourself

告诉你自己

as it gets cold and gray falls from the air

当天气转冷，灰暗从空中降临

that you will go on

那时你要继续

walking, hearing

前行，倾听

the same tune no matter where

同样的声音，不顾

you find yourself—

自己身在何处——

inside the dome of dark

在黑暗的穹帐里，

or under the cracking white

还是在雪谷中，因月光

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

的凝照而咯吱作响的白色下。

Tonight as it gets cold

当今夜转冷，

tell yourself

告诉你自己

what you know which is nothing

你所听见的不过是

but the tune your bones play

长久赶路时

as you keep going. And you will be able

骨骼挤压的声音。终有一刻

for once to lie down under the small fire

你将躺在那冬日星辰

of winter stars.

微小的火光下。

And if it happens that you cannot

当无法继续

go on or turn back

前进，也无法回身，你发现自己

and you find yourself

已然来到了尽头，

where you will be at the end,

在最后一股穿透四肢的寒流中

tell yourself

告诉你自己

in that final flowing of cold through your limbs

你爱你是的所有。

that you love what you are.