Drivers out on the bridge 司机在上桥

Slowing down as they go through a lane shift 放慢脚步，因为他们经过一个车道偏移

Wires snap 线扣

Concrete gives 具体给出了

Metal twisting and 扭曲的金属和

Everything tumbling 一切翻滚

   

At the end of the work day 在一天的工作结束时

Stuck in traffic don’t feel when the road sways 堵在路上不觉得在路上晃来晃去的时候

Underneath 下方

Concrete gives 具体给出了

Metal twisting and 扭曲的金属和

Everything tumbling 一切翻滚

   

To their partners and kids 他们的合作伙伴和孩子

Don’t suspect anything till the bridge splits 不要怀疑什么，直到桥分裂

Wires snap 线扣

Concrete gives 具体给出了

Metal twisting and 扭曲的金属和

Everything tumbling 一切翻滚

Down 向下

   

Where I sat I saw brake lights flash 我坐的地方，我看到刹车灯闪烁

And I pictured them: all the people, their faces in free fall, the water beneath 和我想象他们：所有的人，他们在自由落体的面孔，下面的水

I pushed my palms against the table hard to see if it hurt 我把我的手掌对表不难看出，如果它伤害

Were it glass would I have shattered it? 被它的玻璃会我已经破灭了吗？

Could I battle every impulse to panic and then win 我能战斗逢冲恐慌，然后赢

Swim out through the metal twisting upward like a sculpture 游出通过金属扭曲向上的像一个雕塑

Or some terrible beast? 或某些可怕的野兽？

   

People trapped in their cars 人被困在自己的汽车

Put both feet on the glass and then kick hard 把双脚放在玻璃板上，然后踢硬

Water pours in 水的盆满钵满

Seatbelts twist 安全带扭曲

River flowing and 河流动，

Everything going down 一切下去

   

People under the water line 下水位线的人

Workers sift through the wreckage of it find 工作人员筛选了它的残骸找到

Seatbelts stuck 安全带卡住

Water fills up 水填满

River flowing and 河流动，

Everything going downstream 一切都将下行

   

On the dining room wall I watched it 在饭厅墙上我看着它

Play in the reflection of the television 玩在电视的反射

The reversal in the mirror hung I could see it all 在镜子的逆转挂着我能看到这一切

How the dust clouds gather color as they billow out 如何尘埃云凝聚颜色，因为他们翻腾出来

Shades change shifting in the night 色调变化在夜间移

From the lights atop an ambulance 从上面的救护车灯

Like a firework’s flash then that otherworldly glow 像烟花的闪光那么超凡脱俗的光芒

In the smoke thrown in the aftermath blows 在抛出之后吹烟

Almost frozen for a moment there 几乎冻僵了片刻有

I could see it all 我能看到这一切

   

Every 每

Dust cloud 尘埃云

Shattered glass 破碎的玻璃

Billow out 翻腾出来

On the TV 在电视上

Wires snap and the 线扣和

Concrete gives 具体给出了

Metal twists up and onward 金属曲折起来，向前

I can see it all 我可以看到它所有的

Every 每

Dust cloud 尘埃云

Shattered glass 破碎的玻璃

Billow out 翻腾出来

On the TV 在电视上

Wires snap and the 线扣和

Concrete gives in 具体给出了

Metal twists up and onward I watch 金属扭曲起来，以后我看

And I can see it all 我可以看到它所有的

   

All the wreckage 所有残骸

All the cars piled 所有的汽车堆

In the river and 在河边，

The rail yard 铁路堆场

Metal twists 金属曲折

Wires snap 线扣

Concrete blocks split 混凝土块分割

Dangle from tie rods 从拉杆耳环

And metal twists up 和金属扭曲了

Wires sway 电线摇摆

When a breeze blows 当微风吹动

In the distant 在遥远的

Sirens glow 警报器的光芒

I can see it all 我可以看到它所有的

Where they look for survivors 在那里他们寻找幸存者

Searchlights float 探照灯浮动

Change the color of smoke clouds 改变烟雾云的颜色

And shadows still fall 和阴影仍在下降

People under the water 下了水人

People trapped in their cars kick and try to get out 人被困在自己的汽车踢，并尝试走出

People still with their seat belts on 人们还用自己的安全带

Pets they had in the back and 宠物，他们在后面，

Car seats 汽车座椅

   

And I watch it on TV lying down here 我在电视上躺着在这里观看

On the floor in the dining room reversed in the mirror 在饭厅的地板上扭转了镜子

Where I know I’m not dreaming now 在那里我知道我不是在做梦，现在

But I know I’ve been sleeping 但我知道我一直在睡觉

I just don’t know since when 我只是不知道从什么时候起

I only know that it’s light outside 我只知道，这是外面的光

I only know that the rent is still late 我只知道，租金仍是晚

When did they find out the concrete gave? 他们什么时候查出具体的给？

When did they learn that the wires snapped? 他们什么时候知道的电线折断？