首先，我要她很漂亮，

First, I would have her be beautiful,

午后最孤独的时刻里，

and walking carefully up on my poetry

她小心翼翼地朝我的诗歌走去，

at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,

头发仍然是湿的，贴在脖子上，

her hair still damp at the neck

刚刚洗过。她应该穿着

from washing it. She should be wearing

一件雨衣，旧了，脏了，

a raincoat, an old one, dirty

因为没有足够的钱买清洁剂。

from not having money enough for the cleaners.

她将拿出眼镜，在那里，

She will take out her glasses, and there

在书店里，她翻阅

in the bookstore, she will thumb

我的诗，然后将它放回

over my poems, then put the book back

书架。她将对自己说，

up on its shelf. She will say to herself,

“用这些钱，我可以把雨衣

"For that kind of money, I can get

弄干净。”于是她这么做了。

my raincoat cleaned." And she will.