carrying a bunch of marigolds

一束金盏花

wrapped

包在

in an old newspaper:

旧报纸里：

She carries them upright,

她竖直地擎着，

bareheaded,

没戴帽子，

the bulk

那粗壮的

of her thighs

大腿

causing her to waddle

使她步履

as she walks

有点摇摆，

looking into

她一路走，

the store window which she passes

一路瞧着

on her way.

路上的橱窗。

What is she

难道她不是

but an ambassador

另一个世界

from another world

派来的使节

a world of pretty marigolds

在向我们讲述

of two shades

那长满美丽的

which she announces

双色金盏花的世界

not knowing what she does

但她自己

other

只是在街上走

than walk the streets

宣称自己一无所知

holding the flowers upright

她笔直地擎着花束

as a torch

好像火炬

so early in the morning.

朗照在清晨。