一件过于完美的事物难于记忆：

A thing too perfect to be remembered:

石头只有在湿润时美丽。

stone beautiful only when wet.

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光或一块黑布遮住了眼睛——

Blinded by light or black cloth—

有若干种方式

so many ways

看不见别人的苦难。

not to see others suffer.

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思念太深：

Too much longing:

它隔开我们

it separates us

像香气之于面包，

like scent from bread,

铁锈之于铁。

rust from iron.

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从远处或近处——

From very far or very close—

群山最坚决的褶皱是温和的。

the most resolute folds of the mountain are gentle.

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像把胳膊伸进羊毛外套的袖子那样，

As if putting arms into woolen coat sleeves,

我们倾听死者的低语。

we listen to the murmuring dead.

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一个圆圈从它的任意一点开始：

Any point of a circle is its start:

欲望拒绝满足为了使欲望延续。

desire forgoing fulfillment to go on desiring.

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在一间什么都没有

In a room in which nothing

发生过的房间，

has happened,

烟草的甜味。

sweet-scented tobacco.

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老迈的人，双手蜷曲着，想起他们的父母。

The very old, hands curling into themselves, remember their parents.

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让思想侵袭，否则孤独。

Think assailable thoughts, or be lonely.

[译注]：英文题目“Sentencings”也有宣判之意，诗人把头脑中的想法变成纸上的诗行，也可称之为一种宣判。