Lying apart now,each in a separate bed
靜靜躺著，在兩張分開的床上
He with a book keeping the light on late
他，留著一盞小燈翻書夜讀
She like a girl dreaming of childhood
她，像個孩子一樣夢回童年
All men elsewhere - it is as if they wait Some new event:
所有世上的人-似乎都期待著嶄新生活
The book he holds unread
他捧著的書，還未輕啟品讀
Her eyes fixed on the shadows overhead
她盯著上方的陰影，還未合上雙眼
Tossed up like flotsam from a former passion
假裝從先前的激情中清醒，準備匆匆入睡
How cool they lie.They hardly ever touch
多麼平靜的謊言，他們根本甚少碰觸對方
Or if they do, it is like a confession
或許他們有接觸，這像一場供認
Of having little feeling - or too much
彼此沒有太多感覺-或是情感滿溢
Chastity faces them a destination
貞潔仍留，像是整段生命
For which their whole lives were a preparation
都在為抵達目的地做準備
Strangely apart, yet strangely close together
莫名分離，又莫名靠近
Silence between them like a thread to hold
沉默，像他們間牽著的細線
And not wind in. And time itself's a feather,Touching them gently
互不被捲入。時間像片羽毛，輕輕在他們生命中拂過
Do they know they're old
他們是否意識到自己已然老去
These two who are my father and my mother
他們，是我的父親和母親
Whose fire from which I came,has now grown cold?
在我初降臨時激動難抑，現今的感情正逐漸冷卻了嗎？