All night long, the blacksmith’s fire

一整夜，鐵匠鋪裏的火

burns and whirls.

呼呼燃燒著。

A shadow arm swings its arc,

影子掄圓胳膊，把那人

stroke by stroke hammering the man

一寸一寸砸進

into the silence of the anvil.

鐵砧的沉默。