Recessional

"it's so beautiful here," she says,
她说 这里太美了
"this moment now and this moment, now."
就是现在 就是现在
and i never thought i would find her here:
我从未想过会在这里遇见你
flannel and satin, my four walls transformed.
她身着法兰绒和绸缎 四周都安静了
but she's looking at me, straight to center,
可她一直看着我 一直盯着我看
no room at all for any other thought.
我大脑一片空白
and i know i don't want this, oh, i swear i don't want this.
我不想这样 不想这样
there's a reason not to want this but i forgot.
不想这样的原因我忘了
in the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder,
后来她在我肩膀上睡着
hair falling forward, mouth all askew.
头发遮住了脸 口水都留了下来
fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead:
荧光公告牌在前面 上面显示
"passengers missing, we're looking for you."
旅客失踪 我们在搜寻
and she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,
她打着呼噜做着梦 身体全部靠在我身上
face pressed into the corduroy grooves.
脸上压出灯芯绒的样子
maybe it means nothing, maybe it means nothing,
或许这没有别的意义 或许这没有别的意义
maybe it means nothing, but i'm afraid to move.
或许这没有别的意义 可我一动不敢动
and the words: they're everything and nothing.
那些话再次萦绕 他们是全部 他们又什么也不是
i want to search for her in the offhand remarks.
我想在即时评论里寻找她
who are you, taking coffee, no sugar?
你是谁 要咖啡吗 加不加糖
who are you, echoing street signs?
你是谁 跟随着路标
who are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover,
你是谁 爱的躯壳里的陌生人
dark curtains drawn by the passage of time?
深色的窗帘诉说着一切
oh, words, like rain, how sweet the sound.
哦 言语像雨一样 听起来多甜蜜
"well anyway," she says, "i'll see you around..."
她说 好吧 无论如何 再见