And those outside would scarcely know her,

窗外的人几乎不认识她
so sadly was she changed.

尽管她在发生着如此悲伤的改变
Before she had been fleshed in air, and clothed in nakedness, and

她被空气滋养之前在她终于一丝不挂
mantled in cold, and her very bones were only slender

被周身寒冷包裹之前在她的骨头
things like shards of ice.

变得像冰的碎片一样纤细之前
She had haunted the orchard out of preference,

她因喜欢这果园而在此出没
but she could walk into the lake

但她也会走进湖里
without ripple or displacement,

而不引起一丝涟漪一点波动
and sail up the air invisibly as heat.

像热量一样御风而行无形无迹
And now, lost to her kind, she would almost forget them,

她现在迷失在同类之中会忘了它们
and she would feed coarse food to her coarse flesh and be almost satisfied.

粗糙的食物喂养粗糙的肉体怡然自得
And then Ruth meditates on her transformation in that

然后露丝开始思考她在果园里发生的转变