Once there was a shock

一度有一个震动

that left behind a long, shimmering comet tail.

在它的后面拖了条长长的发光的彗星尾。

It keeps us inside. It makes the TV pictures snowy.

它使我们留在屋内。它使电视的画面模糊。

It settles in cold drops on the telephone wires.

它凝结成电话线上的冷滴。

One can still go slowly on skis in the winter sun

你还是可以在冬日下踩着雪屐慢慢

through brush where a few leaves hang on.

滑过还有几片叶子的丛林。

They resemble pages torn from old telephone directories.

它们有点像旧电话簿上撕下的纸页。

Names swallowed by the cold.

名字为寒冷所吞噬。

It is still beautiful to hear the heart beat

能感到心跳仍是一桩美丽的事

but often the shadow seems more real than the body.

但常常影子似乎比躯体本身还真实。

The samurai looks insignificant

武士看起来无足轻重

beside his armor of black dragon scales.

在他黑龙的盔甲前面。