Such details are merely accidental.

这样的细节不过都是偶尔的事
Who could know but us?

除了我们谁能知道
And since their thoughts were bent upon other ghosts than ours,

因为他们的想法更屈从与其他的鬼魂而非我们的
other darknesses than we had seen, why must we be left,

更偏向其他的黑暗而非我们所见的为什么我们要离开
the survivors picking among flotsam, among the small, unnoticed,

生还者在不起眼的残骸中挑挑拣拣
unvalued clutter that was all that remained when they vanished,

他们消失时只留下毫无价值的破铜烂铁
that only catastrophe made notable?

唯一值得注意的灾难
Darkness is the only solvent.

黑暗是唯一的溶剂
While it was dark, despite Lucille's pacing and

趁着天黑尽管露西尔的脚步声和口哨
whistling, and despite what must have been dreams (since even Sylvie

尽管该化为梦境(自从希尔维开始缠着我)
came to haunt me), it seemed to me that there need not

对我来说没有
be relic, remnant, margin, residue, memento,

变成遗迹残留边缘残渣碎片