I didn’t manage to love anyone

我未能成功地去爱哪个人

even though I hurried so much

纵然我已如此赶紧

It was as if I had to love only empty places

仿佛我不得不只去爱空地方

the dangling sleeves without the embrace

没有拥抱的摆荡的衣袖

the beret abandoned by the head

被头颅抛弃的贝雷帽

the armchair that also should get up and leave the room

或许会起立离开房间的扶手椅

the books no longer touched

不再有人碰的书

the comb with a silver hair left in it

夹有一丝银发的梳子

the cots babies outgrew

被婴儿长过的小床

the drawers full of unnecessary things

盛满多余东西的抽屉

the pipe with a chewed mouthpiece

烟嘴被嚼过的烟斗

the shoes molded to the shape of a foot

被赤脚离开的一只脚塑了形的鞋

that departed barefooted

人声沉寂的电话筒

the phone-receiver where voices grew hush

我如此赶紧地去爱

I hurried so much to love

自然我未能做到

and naturally I didn’t manage