The streets were asphalted

在我们出生前

before we were born and all

街道已铺上沥青，所有的

the constellations were already formed.

星座都已形成。

The leaves were rotting

在人行道的边上

on the edge of the pavement,

树叶正在腐烂，

the silver was tarnishing

在工人的皮肤上

on the workers’ skin,

银子被锈蚀，

someone’s bones were growing through

有个人的骨头生长着

the length of the sleep.

穿过睡梦的长度。

Europe was uniting

在我们出生前

before we were born and

欧洲正走向统一

a woman’s hair was spreading

一个女人的头发正静静地

calmly over the surface

在海洋的表面

of the sea.

飘散。