It’s the anarchy of poverty
    Delights me, the old
    Yellow wooden house indented
    Among the new brick tenements
    貧窮的無(wú)序景致
    使我愉悅：陳舊的
    黃色木屋陷入
    新的磚造分租公寓的包圍中
    Or a cast iron balcony
    With panels showing oak branches
    In full leaf. It fits
    The dress of the children
    一個(gè)鑄鐵陽(yáng)臺(tái)的鑲板間
    露出長(zhǎng)滿樹葉的
    橡樹枝椏。它和
    孩子們的服裝契合
    Reflecting every stage and
    Custom of necessity—
    Chimney roof fences of
    Wood and metal in an unfenced
    反映不同時(shí)期
    對(duì)于生活的不同需求——
    煙囪、房頂，以及在這個(gè)不設(shè)防的年代
    用木頭和金屬做的柵欄
    Age and enclosing next to
    Nothing at all: the old man
    In a sweater and soft black
    Hat who sweeps the sidewalk—
    包圍圈內(nèi)
    近乎無(wú)物：那位老人
    穿著羊毛衫，戴著黑色
    軟帽，打掃著人行道——
    His own ten feet of it—
    In a wind that fitfully
    Turning his corner has
    Overwhelmed the entire city
    他在打掃自己那十英尺空間
    風(fēng)一陣陣地
    轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)他的角落
    吹遍整座城市