Coming at an end, the lovers

临近结局，恋人们

Are exhausted like two swimmers. Where

倦如两个泳者。它在何处

Did it end? There is no telling. No love is

结束？无从知晓。没有爱了，

Like an ocean with the dizzy procession of the waves’ boundaries

就好比一片海洋，有着令人晕眩的边界

From which two can emerge exhausted, nor long goodbye

两人可精疲力竭地从中泅出，也不会如死亡般

Like death.

长别。

Coming at an end. Rather, I would say, like a length

临近结局。我想，更像

Of coiled rope

一根卷曲的绳子

Which does not disguise in the final twists of its lengths

它不在它绵长的最后弯折处

Its endings.

掩饰它的末端。

But, you will say, we loved

可是，你会说，我们相爱过

And some parts of us loved

我们的某些部分也相爱过

And the rest of us will remain

残余的我们将继续

Two persons. Yes,

作为两个个体。是的，

Poetry ends like a rope.

诗歌结束，像绳子一般。