Falling asleep alone, waking alone,
在孤獨中入睡,在寂寞中醒來
God knows what you are, Marina,
上帝知道你是什麼樣的人,瑪麗娜
drawing song from poverty,
妳從貧窮中汲取,妳歌唱
from your chair reclaiming all that’s lost.
讓已經斷送掉的一切重新回到椅子上。
You hide in your heart a glowing coal,
妳把暗紅的炭火藏在心裏
tilt like the moon wheels toward darkness,
像一輪對夜色傾身的月亮。
knowing night’s ways.
可是妳知道黑暗是怎麼一回事
But for the abyss, your gaze gains nothing.
妳的眼睛除了深淵已沒有別的。
There’s no wizard. No one confides in the ocean.
沒有魔法師,沒有與大海談心的人
My dear, it’s the same this century,
親愛的,一百年以後依然如此
the fire gone cold. No one makes us happy.
篝火已經冷卻。沒有人可以讓我們快樂
“So many people, so much loneliness.”
「人太多了,我感到從未有過的寂寞」
For this I weep in silence, saluting midnight.
為此我悄悄流淚,在深夜送上問候。
Now there’s only the sweet stab of black cypress,
除此之外,只有又甘甜又刺痛的漆黑的柏樹
only the gleaming blade,
只有耀眼的刀尖,那寧靜而奔騰的光。
that swift, serene gash of light.