Words, Wide Night
Written by Carol Ann Duffy
Somewhere on the other side of this wide night 无边暗夜的某一处，某一边
and the distance between us, I am thinking of you. 我们之间遥遥相隔，我想起了你。
The room is turning slowly away from the moon. 月光慢慢移出房间。
This is pleasurable. Or shall I cross that out and say 这是快乐的。或者我应该抛开这想法，说
it is sad? In one of the tenses I singing 这是悲伤的？用某种时态，我唱着
an impossible song of desire that you cannot hear. 你无法听到的，一支不成曲的希望之歌。
La lala la. See? I close my eyes and imagine 啦 啦啦啦，听到了吗？我闭上眼睛，想象
the dark hills I would have to cross 我穿越黑**的山
to reach you. For I am in love with you and this 来到你身边。因为我爱着你，而这
is what it is like or what it is like in words. 就是爱，任何言辞也难以表达。
注释:
1) The room is turning slowly away from the moon. 这句诗直译为“房间慢慢地从月亮旁移开”。而实际上，房间是不可能移动的，是月光的移动给人造成的一种错觉。诗人以简洁的语句描述出月光的这种动感。
2) cross out: 抹掉，勾销
3) subside [sEb5said] v. 衰退，沉淀
4) unencumberedly [5Qnin5kQmbEdli] adv. 无所畏惧地
5) reluctantly [ri5lQktEntli] adv. 犹豫地
6) whispering [5wispEriN] a. 轻声细语的
7) steppe [step] n. 无树的大平原，大草原
8) cradle [5kreidl] n. 摇篮
9) render [5rendE] v. 呈递
很美的一首诗歌