And I standing in the shade

我站在背阴处

Have seen it a thousand times

无数次目睹它发生：

Happen: first theft, then murder;

先是偷盗，再是谋杀

Rape; the rueful acts

强奸；这可悲的行径

Of the blind hand. I have said

皆是那盲手所为。我曾诵读

New prayers, or said the old

新的祷词，也曾以新的方式

In a new way. Seeking the poem

祈祷。在痛苦中

In the pain, I have learned

觅诗，方知

Silence is best, paying for it

沉默是金，并为之付出

With my conscience. I am eyes

良心。我仅是

Merely, witnessing virtue's

一双眼，见证德行

Defeat; seeing the young born

败落，望着那些

Fair, knowing the cancer

天真烂漫的孩子，知道癌症

Awaits them. One thing I have asked

在等着他们。对生命的

Of the disposer of the issues

裁决者，我请求过

Of life: that truth should defer

一件事：真应遵从

To beauty. It was not granted.

美。未得准予。