The town does not exist

小镇并不存在，

except where one black-haired tree slips

唯有那棵黑发的树，像溺死的女人

up like a drowned woman into the hot sky.

滑升进炽热的天空。

The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars.   

小镇是寂静的。夜在十一颗星中沸腾。

Oh starry starry night! This is how

哦，星夜，星夜！我想

I want to die.

就这样死去。

It moves. They are all alive.

它在动。它们全都活着。

Even the moon bulges in its orange irons   

甚至月亮也在它橙黄的铁箍中鼓胀，

to push children, like a god, from its eye.

像神一样，把孩子从它的眼中推出。

The old unseen serpent swallows up the stars.   

那古老而无形的蛇吞尽群星。

Oh starry starry night! This is how   

哦，星夜，星夜！我想

I want to die:

就这样死去：

into that rushing beast of the night,   

投入那翻涌的夜的猛兽，

sucked up by that great dragon, to split   

被那条巨龙吸走，从我的生命中

from my life with no flag,

撕裂而出，没有旗帜，

no belly,

没有肚腹，

no cry.

没有哭喊。