《今日美文朗读》One Cigarette by Edwin Morgan

one cigarette

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One Cigarette by Edwin Morgan
一支烟：埃德温·摩根

No smoke without you, my fire.
每次抽烟都离不开你，我的火。

After you left,your cigarette glowed on in my ashtray
你走后，你的香烟在我的烟灰缸里燃着

and sent up a long thread of such quiet grey
留下长条状的烟灰，如此安静

I smiled to wonder who would believe its signal of so much love.
我微笑着思忖谁会相信它暗含了那么多的爱。

One cigarette in the non-smoker's tray.
一支烟，在不抽烟者的烟灰缸里。

As the last spire trembles up,
当最后螺旋形的烟雾

a sudden draught blows it winding into my face.
袅袅上升，突然一股风将它吹在我脸上。

Is it smell, is it taste?
气味？味道？

You are here again, and I am drunk on your tobacco lips.
你回来了，我醉在你烟草气息的唇间。

Out with the light.
掏出打火机。

Let the smoke lie back in the dark.
让烟雾在黑暗里休息。

Till I hear the very ash sigh down among the flowers of brass
直到我听见那烟灰在黄铜的花朵间叹息

I'll breathe, and long past midnight, your last kiss.
午夜过后许久，我会呼吸到，你最后的吻。

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