我喜歡痛苦的表情,
因為我知道它真實——
人們不會假作驚厥,
也不佯裝,劇痛——
眼神一旦凝滯,就是死亡——
無法偽裝額頭上
由平凡的痛苦
串起的汗珠。
I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it’s true—
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate, a Throe—
The Eyes glaze once—and that is Death—
Impossible to feign
The Beads upon the Forehead
By homely Anguish strung.