The piers are pummelled by the waves;

波浪猛击着堤岸，

In a lonely field the rain

孤独之地的暴雨

Lashes an abandoned train;

冲刷着被抛弃的队列。

Outlaws fill the mountain caves.

而山洞里填满了亡命之徒。

Fantastic grow the evening gowns;

夜礼服被怪诞之风滋养；

Agents of the Fisc pursue

而国库的特工

Absconding tax-defaulters through

正穿过小县城的下水道，

The sewers of provincial towns.

追逐逃税的人。

Private rites of magic send

私密的魔法仪式，

The temple prostitutes to sleep;

让神妓入睡；

All the literati keep

所有的文人，

An imaginary friend.

都有一个想像的朋友。

Cerebrotonic Cato may

劳心销骨的将军

Extol the Ancient Disciplines,

或许赞美古代的律法；

But the muscle-bound Marines

而肌肉僵硬的水兵在哗变，

Mutiny for food and pay.

为了食物和钱。

Caesar's double-bed is warm

恺撒的双人床温暖，

As an unimportant clerk

像一个粉红的正式表格

Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK

一个低层职员

On a pink official form.

写下“我讨厌上班”。

Unendowed with wealth or pity,

贫富不知的红腿小鸟，

Little birds with scarlet legs,

坐在它们布满斑点的蛋上，

Sitting on their speckled eggs,

看着每个瘟疫横行的城市。

Eye each flu-infected city.

在外面的某个地方

Altogether elsewhere, vast

大群的驯鹿穿过

Herds of reindeer move across

一里又一里金色地衣，

Miles and miles of golden moss,

静，而且快。

Silently and very fast.