这个小镇并不存在

The town does not exist

除了那儿一棵黑发的树

except where one black-haired tree slips

像溺水的女人，滑向炎热的天空。

up like a drowned woman into the hot sky.

小镇一片寂静。是一颗星星的夜晚沸腾

The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars.   

哦，星光闪烁的夜！我就想

Oh starry starry night! This is how

这样死去。

I want to die.

星星移动。它们都有着生命。

It moves. They are all alive.

连月亮也在它桔黄的铁环中膨胀

Even the moon bulges in its orange irons   

像上帝，从它的眼中推开孩子。

to push children, like a god, from its eye.

隐形的古蟒吞吃掉众星。

The old unseen serpent swallows up the stars.   

哦星光闪烁的夜！我想

Oh starry starry night! This is how   

就这样死去：

I want to die:

被巨龙吞噬，落进

into that rushing beast of the night,   

这黑夜飞奔的野兽口中，

sucked up by that great dragon, to split   

与我的生命分离，

from my life with no flag,

没有旗帜，

no belly,

没有肚子，

no cry.

没有呼喊。