《我的妻子》  林木譯

我的妻子不見了，還有她的那些衣服。
她留下兩隻尼龍長襪，
一把發刷掉在床後。
我想讓你知道
這些曲線優美的尼龍襪，和纏在
刷鬃之間粗硬的黑發。
我把尼龍襪丟進垃圾袋；刷子
我要留著自己用。隻是這張床
看著奇怪，卻又說不清為什麽。

My Wife  By Raymond Carver

My wife has disappeared along with her clothes.
She left behind two nylon stockings, and
a hairbrush overlooked behind the bed.
I should like to call your attention
to these shapely nylons, and to the strong
dark hair caught in the bristles of the brush.
I drop the nylons into the garbage sack; the brush
I’ll keep and use. It is only the bed
that seems strange and impossible to account for.