By Timothy Murphy

His master bed has earthen walls,

and there blueberries fill his dreams

of montane meadows, braided streams

and the fine summer fishing at the falls.1. montane: 山地的，山區(qū)的；braid: v. 把……編成繩子（或穗帶）。

Six months to diet: he is fat

with venison, his coat is plush;2. venison: 鹿肉；plush: 長毛絨，栽絨。

a windless snow sifts in the hush

falling on waters which will flood the Platte.3. sift: 篩濾（固體）；Platte: 普拉特河，位于美國內(nèi)布拉斯加州。

Pulse drops from fifty-five to nine

and body heat to forty-five.

Now let him sleep, barely alive,

’til the sun licks the frosting from the pine.

他的主臥榻邊是土砌的墻壁，

在那里藍莓充斥著他的夢境，

夢中有山間草地、溪流交織

還有夏日里在瀑布下的悠然垂釣。

將要忍耐六個月的饑餓：他

鹿肉肥積的身子披著栽絨袍；

寂靜篩濾出雪花，不借風力

飄落在即將泛涌普拉特河的水面。

脈搏從每分五十五跳落至九，

體溫也降到了華氏四十五度。

現(xiàn)在讓已鮮有生機的他睡吧，

直到陽光開始舔舐松針上的冰霜。