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In the uncertain hour before the morning
在黎明來臨前無法確知的時刻
Near the ending of interminable night
漫漫長夜行將結束
At the recurrent end of the unending
永無終止又到了終點
After the dark dove with the flickering tongue had passed below the horizon of his homing
當黑黝黝的鴿子噴吐著忽隱忽現的火舌在地平線下掠飛歸去以后
While the dead leaves still rattled on like tin over the asphalt where no other sound was
在硝煙升騰的三個地區之間再沒有別的聲息只有枯葉像白鐵皮一般
Between three districts whence the smoke arose
嘎嘎作響地掃過瀝青路面
I met one walking, loitering and hurried
這時我遇見一個在街上閑蕩的行人
As if blown towards me like the metal leaves before the urban dawn wind unresisting.
像被不可阻擋的城市晨風吹卷的金屬薄片急匆匆地向我走來。
And as I fixed upon the down-turned face
當我用銳利而審視的目光打量他那張低垂的臉龐
That pointed scrutiny with which we challenge the first-met stranger in the waning dusk
就像我們盤問初次遇見的陌生人那樣在即將消逝的暮色中
I caught the sudden look of some dead master
我瞧見一位曾經相識、但已淡忘的已故的大師
Whom I had known, forgotten, half recalled both one and many; in the brown baked features
突然顯現的面容，我恍惚記得他既是一個又是許多個；曬黒的臉上
The eyes of a familiar compound ghost
一個熟識的復合的靈魂的眼睛
Both intimate and unidentifiable.
既親密又不可辨認。
