By Anne Stevenson

I thought you were my victory

Though you cut me like a knife

When I brought you out of my body

Into your life.

Tiny antagonist, gory,

Blue as a bruise.1. antagonist: 對手，敵手；gory: 血淋淋的；bruise: 青腫，傷痕。The stains

Of your cloud of glory

Bled from my veins.

How can you dare, blind thing,

Blank insect eyes?

You barb2. barb: 刺傷。the air. You sting

With bladed cries.

Snail3. snail: 蝸牛，形容行動遲緩的人。! Scary knot of desires!

Hungry snarl4. snarl: 嗥叫，咆哮。! Small son.

Why do I have to love you?

How have you won?

我想你就是我的勝利品

雖然你像刀一樣割裂我

當我從身體里將你生出

讓你來到生命之中。

小小對手，滿身是血

像創(chuàng)傷般發(fā)藍，血跡，

你的像云彩般的榮耀

它卻來自我的血管。

仍未睜眼的東西，茫然

昆蟲般的眼睛？你怎敢？

你刺穿空氣。你的

哭喊像刀片般刺痛我。

蝸牛！可怕的欲望疙瘩！

饑餓的哭喊！寶貝兒子。

我為什么要愛你？

你是怎么獲得的勝利？