我站在背阴处

And I standing in the shade

无数次目睹它发生：

Have seen it a thousand times

先是偷盗，再是谋杀

Happen: first theft, then murder;

强奸；这可悲的行径

Rape; the rueful acts

皆是那盲手所为。我曾诵读

Of the blind hand. I have said

新的祷词，也曾以新的方式

New prayers, or said the old

祈祷。在痛苦中

In a new way. Seeking the poem

觅诗，方知

In the pain, I have learned

沉默是金，并为之付出

Silence is best, paying for it

良心。我仅是

With my conscience. I am eyes

一双眼，见证德行

Merely, witnessing virtue's

败落，望着那些

Defeat; seeing the young born

天真烂漫的孩子，知道癌症

Fair, knowing the cancer

在等着他们。对生命的

Awaits them. One thing I have asked

裁决者，我请求过

Of the disposer of the issues

一件事：真应遵从

Of life: that truth should defer

美。未得准予。

To beauty. It was not granted.