I don’t love you as if you were rare earth metals,

我不像爱稀有金属一样爱你，

conflict diamonds, or reserves of crude oil that cause

滴血的钻石，引发战争的

war. I love you as one loves the most vulnerable

黑色金子。我爱你就像人们爱濒危的

species: urgently, between the habitat and its loss.

物种：暂存于栖息地存在和消失的瞬息之间。

I love you as one loves the last seed saved

我爱你就像爱最后的种子

within a vault, gestating the heritage of our roots,

被珍藏在地下仓库，孕育着我们根系的传承，

and thanks to your body, the taste that ripens

以及对你身体的谢意，它的味道已经在我的舌头上熟透

from its fruit still lives sweetly on my tongue.

结出鲜活的甜蜜果实。

I love you without knowing how or when this world

我爱你即便不知道我们生活的世界

will end. I love you organically, without pesticides.

在何时会如何结束。我爱你是有机的，没有农药。

I love you like this because we’ll only survive

我如此爱你因为我们只能生存在

in the nitrogen rich compost of our embrace,

我们氮化物丰富的拥抱中，

so close that your emissions of carbon are mine,

如此紧密以至于我呼吸着你的碳，

so close that your sea rises with my heat.

如此紧密以至于你的海平面因我的温度而上升。