There are days that haven't arrived yet,

还有些日子尚未到来，

that are being made

它们正在形成

like bread or chairs or a product

如同面包或椅子或

from the pharmacies or the woodshops:

药房与工坊里的产品：

there are factories of days to come:

有制造未来日子的工厂：

they exist, craftsmen of the soul

存在着灵魂的匠人

who raise and weigh and prepare

他们建造、称量、准备

certain bitter or beautiful days

某些苦涩或珍贵的日子

that arrive suddenly at the door

它们突然叩响门扉

to reward us with an orange

要用橘子犒赏我们

or to instantly murder us.

或当即夺走我们的性命。