他的外表

His Exterior

脚趾像蓝色玻璃弹珠

toes like blue glass marbles

指甲像蜡屑

nails like wax shavings

脚像大象的

feet like those of an elephant   

脚跟像死里逃生

heels like narrow escapes

脚底像黄海绵在水中膨胀

soles like yellow sponges expanding in water   

腿像经度和纬度

legs like longitude and latitude   

膝盖像霓虹灯

knees like neon headlights

大腿像电影里的旷野

thighs like open desert in a movie   

臀部像匹跃起的马

hips like a leaping horse

肚脐像块发光的手表

a belly button like a luminescent watch   

阴毛像疆界实事

pubic hair like frontier instances   

阴茎像连夜邮件

a penis like overnight mail

卵大得像猎猪獒的

balls large as a boar-hound’s

精囊像纸袋里的郁金香球茎

seminal vesicles like tulip bulbs in a paper bag   

睾丸肌像上升和弦

testicle muscles like rising chords   

屁眼像个尚未被发现的星球

an asshole like an undiscovered planet   

屁股像叉角羚的

buttocks like a fleet antelope’s   

骶骨像户外写生

a sacrum like plein air painting   

背部像粉笔画的人行道

a back like a chalked sidewalk   

脊柱像座悬索桥

a spinal column like a suspension bridge   

肋骨像个书柜

ribs like a bookcase

胸骨像树脂

a sternum like gum

肩胛骨像厨房餐桌

shoulder blades like kitchen tables   

胸像只填充动物

a chest like a stuffed animal

胸肌像漂浮的肥皂

pectorals like floating bars of soap   

肩膀像观察到的事实

shoulders like observed facts

手臂像套索

arms like lassos

手指像烟火

fingers like sparklers

腕骨像家船坞

wrist bones like a shipyard

肘像解毒剂

elbows like antidotes

手像护照

hands like passports

喉结像条大环线

an Adam’s apple like a great circle course

胡子像惠特曼的

a beard like Whitman’s

下巴像块苔藓斑驳的岩石

a chin like a lichen-splotched rock   

耳朵像个浴缸

ears like a full bathtub

鼻子像个鸟笼

a nose like a birdcage

鼻孔像地铁隧道

nostrils like subway tunnels   

眉毛像位俘获的观众

eyebrows like a captive audience   

胎记像个停车标识

a birthmark like a stop sign   

眼睑像次偏食

eyelids like a partial eclipse   

眼像泡腾

eyes like effervescence

视神经像株兰花

optical nerves like an orchid

额头像面展示橱窗

a forehead like a window display   

鬓角像唱歌的蟋蟀

temples like singing crickets   

脸颊像派对邀请函

cheeks like party invitations   

下颚像手铐

jaws like handcuffs

牙齿像甜茶

teeth like sweet tea

舌像水彩

a tongue like watercolors

嘴像丝绸灯罩

a mouth like a silk lampshade   

脸像段影片

a face like a moving picture   

头像硬币罐

a head like a jar of pennies   

头骨像个晶洞

a skull like a geode

皮肤上一条黑线划下

skin with a black line running down it   

表皮像件羊毛衫

epidermis like a wool sweater   

络腮胡像辆街道清扫车

whiskers like a street sweeper   

头发像个阴天。

and hair like a cloudy day.

他的内里

His Interior

小脑像个咖啡研磨机

cerebellum like a coffee grinder

大脑叶像座着火的房子

cerebral lobes like a house on fire

颅膜像美术纸折的立体模型

cranial membranes like a construction-paper diorama   

视神经像正在冲洗的宝丽来

optical nerves like a developing Polaroid

大脑穹窿像殖民地图

cerebral fornix like colonial maps

松果腺像个巨大的松果

pineal gland like a giant pinecone

循环系统像大提琴琴弦

circulatory system like cello strings

耳膜像幅橘子静物

eardrums like a still life with oranges

前额像电视

forehead like television   

脊柱像株蕨菜

backbone like a fiddlehead fern

神经线路像跨大西洋电缆

nerve channels like transatlantic cables

悬雍垂像螺旋桨

uvula like a propeller   

味蕾像电报

palate like a telegram

唾液像旋转洒水器

saliva like a rotating sprinkler

扁桃体像动作人偶

tonsils like action figures

胃像职业摔跤

stomach like professional wrestling

气管像海盗电台

trachea like pirate radio

喉咙像栏醒目标题

throat like a bold headline

肺像困在树上的塑料袋

lungs like plastic bags caught in a tree

心像超新星

heart like a supernova

肺膜像飞船

pulmonary membranes like dirigibles

动脉像高峰期

arteries like rush hour   

隔膜像声屏障

diaphragm like the sound barrier

肝像公开审判

liver like a public trial

血管像日文

veins like Japanese characters

脾像个流氓

spleen like a rogue   

肠像超现实主义

bowels like surrealism   

胆像笔遗产

guts like an inheritance

小肠像假珍珠

small intestine like fake pearls

大肠像偷来的货币

large intestine like stolen currency

结肠像可靠数据

colon like reliable data   

直肠像淡出

rectum like a fade-out   

肾像堡礁

kidneys like a barrier reef

后腰像刈后的草坪

loins like a mowed lawn   

肾静脉像八卦

renal veins like gossip   

精子腺像熔岩床

sperm glands like lava beds   

前列腺像条裂缝口

prostate like a fissure vent   

膀胱像个鱼缸

bladder like a fish bowl   

腹像个皮箱

abdomen like a leather suitcase   

肌肉像流水线

muscles like an assembly line   

筋腱像扒手

tendons like pickpockets   

韧带像别针

ligaments like safety pins   

骨像骨

bones like bones

骨髓像现实主义

marrow like realism

软骨像海带

cartilage like strips of kelp   

淋巴腺像感伤癖

lymph glands like sentimentality   

尿像糖水

urine like sugar water   

血像融化的蜡笔

blood like melted crayons   

精液像琥珀中的苍蝇。

and sperm like flies in amber.

他的行事

How He Acts

他一笑，便是自燃

If he laughs, it’s spontaneous combustion   

他一咕哝，便是退却的冰山

If he mutters, it’s a retreating glacier

他一噘嘴，便在石上磨他的角

If he pouts, he sharpens his horn on stones

他一跳上跳下，便很难移开目光

If he jumps up and down, its hard to look away

他一抓挠自己，便是用白杨树枝

If he scratches himself, it’s with an aspen branch

他一生气，便用牙齿、角和脚跟打架

If he gets angry, he fights with tooth, horn, and heel   

他一吐痰，便打斗自己的同类

If he spits, he fights his own kind   

他一吹他的鼻子，便引发骚乱

If he blows his nose, it starts a riot   

他一出汗，便是季风

If he sweats, it’s monsoons

他一咳嗽，便解锁隔壁房间的门

If he coughs, it unlocks doors in the next room

他一辩论，便有关遗失的仪式

If he argues, it’s over lost rituals

他一叹气，便弄皱金翅雀的羽毛

If he sighs, it ruffles goldfinch feathers   

他一吹口哨，便能在数英里外听到

If he whistles, it’s overheard miles away   

他一打鼾，便是怀旧的遐想

If he snores, it’s over nostalgic reveries

他一皱眉，矛便从眼里射出

If he scowls, spears launch from his eyes   

他一哼气，便冲着镀金狮头喷嘴

If he snorts, it’s over gilt lion-head spouts   

他一拉屎，便是历史文献

If he shits, it’s historical documents   

他一打嗝，便是本日记

If he belches, it’s a diary

他一呕吐，四处便指指点点

If he vomits, there’s finger-pointing all around

他一走路，便是卓别林

If he walks, it’s Chaplin

他一写字，便是宣言

If he writes, it’s manifestos

他一购物，便是买小扁豆和豌豆

If he goes shopping, it’s for lentils and peas   

他一跳舞，便是春之祭

If he dances, it’s the Rites of Spring   

他一发誓，便是头凶残猛兽

If he swears, he’s a ryght cruell beast

他一开车，便在月亮群山间

If he drives, it’s among the Mountains of the Moon   

他一洗澡，便身处欺骗性的表面

If he bathes, it’s in deceptive surfaces   

他一穿衣，便是套白色亚麻装

If he dresses, it’s a white linen suit   

他一异想，便审视自我

If he wonders, it’s if his own reflection   

他一嫉妒，便是因为生日派对

If he’s jealous, it’s of birthday parties   

他一撒谎，便是关于数学错误

If he lies, it’s about mathematical errors   

他一花钱，便是为了幻灯

If he spends money, it’s on magic lanterns   

他一去看电影，便是《迷魂记》

If he goes to the movies, it’s Vertigo

他一听音乐，便闻流水声

If he listens to music, it’s the sound of running water

他一跌倒，便沿斜草坡落入灌木丛

If he falls, it’s down a slope of turf into the bushes   

他一朗诵，便出自亚历山大港的野兽史诗

If he recites, it’s from the Beast Epic of Alexandria   

他一被引诱，便是条通电的河

If he is seduced, it’s a river of electricity

他一好奇，便想要画画

If he is curious, he attempts to draw

他一打电话，便关于气象

If he calls, it’s about weather patterns

他一唱歌，便是“老虎，老虎”

If he sings, it’s ‘Tyger, Tyger’

他一逃脱，便足步敏捷。

and if he escapes, he’s swift of foot.