There are names for what binds us:

束缚我们的事物名称：

strong forces, weak forces.

强者，弱者

Look around, you can see them:

环顾四周，您可以看到它们：

the skin that forms in a half-empty cup,

在半空的杯子中形成皮肤

nails rusting into the places they join,

钉子在他们连接的地方生锈

joints dovetailed on their own weight.

关节与自身重量相吻合

The way things stay so solidly

事情保持如此稳固的方式

wherever they've been set down—

无论他们被安置在何处——

and gravity, scientists say, is weak.

科学家们说，引力很弱

And see how the flesh grows back

看看新肉怎么长回来的：

across a wound, with a great vehemence,

穿过创口，以极大的热情

more strong

更加健硕

than the simple, untested surface before.

比起以前单纯的、未经历练的皮肉

There's a name for it on horses,

马儿身上有它的名字

when it comes back darker and raised: proud flesh,

当它归来时变得更黑、更隆起：骄傲的身躯

as all flesh,

如同所有的身躯

is proud of its wounds, wears them

为它的负伤感到自豪，披挂伤口

as honors given out after battle,

作为战后授予的荣誉

small triumphs pinned to the chest—

小小的胜利被钉在胸前——

And when two people have loved each other

当两个人相爱时

see how it is like a

看上去它就像

scar between their bodies,

彼此身体间的一个疤痕

stronger, darker, and proud;

更强大、更黑暗、更骄傲

how the black cord makes of them a single fabric

黑线把它们做成单纯的织物

that nothing can tear or mend.

没有谁能撕裂或修补