ordinary as an act of faith.

做着日复一日如同信仰的事
Say there were two or three inches of hard old snow on the ground,

地上还有2到3英寸厚的积雪
with earth here and there oozing through the broken places,

裂缝处这里或那里冒出些泥土
and that there was warmth in the sunlight, when the wind did

阳光下暖暖的
not blow it all away.

当风不是一个劲地刮得时候
And say she stooped breathlessly in her corset to lift up a sodden

她穿着紧身衣气喘吁吁地弯下腰
sheet by its hems, and say that when she had pinned

拿起泡涨了的床单当她定好3个角
three corners to the lines it began to billow and leap in her hands,

为一条线时床单就开始翻滚
to flutter and tremble, and to glare with the light,

飘动着摇晃着上面跳跃着阳光
and that the throes of the thing were as gleeful and strong as if a

单子的垂死挣扎
spirit were dancing in its cerements.

如同穿着寿衣在舞蹈一般欣喜而有力
That wind! she would say,

风啊她会感叹