"Breakfast Song"

Breakfast Song

"My love, my saving grace,
your eyes are awfully blue.
I kiss your funny face,
your coffee-flavored mouth.
Last night I slept with you.
Today I love you so
how can I bear to go
(as soon I must, I know)
to bed with ugly death
in that cold, filthy place,
to sleep there without you,
without the easy breath
and nightlong, limblong warmth
I've grown accustomed to?
—Nobody wants to die;
tell me it is a lie!
But no, I know it's true.
It's just the common case;
there's nothing one can do.
My love, my saving grace,
your eyes are awfully blue
early and instant blue."

早餐歌

作者：伊丽莎白·毕肖普

我的爱，我的好，
你的双眼是可怕的蓝。
我亲你好玩的脸，
你的嘴是咖啡香。
昨夜与你一起睡，
今天我爱你至深，
怎能承受离开你
（将别无选择，我知道）
去和丑陋的死亡在冷秽之地同眠，
睡去没有你陪伴，
没有从容的呼吸，
没有已经习惯的整夜的肢体温暖？
—没人想死去，
告诉我死亡是个谎言！
但是别，我明白这是真相。
只是平常的事实，
人在此无计可施。
我的爱，我的好，
你的双眼是可怕的蓝
清早的、刹那的蓝。