These are your instructions 这些都是你的指令

Should you choose to follow 如果你选择跟随

Sit down with pen and paper 坐下来用笔和纸

Begin with something hollow 首先中空的东西

Like the last words that he offered 就像他所提供的遗言

No kind of explanation 毫不客气的解释

They only take up space here 他们只占用的空间在这里

You do not need to save them 您不需要将它们保存

   

Open up the closet 打开衣柜

Find his winter coat there 找到他的冬衣有

Check inside the pockets 检查口袋内

Find a crumpled note there 找到一张皱巴巴的纸条

It says “milk and Sunday paper” 它说：“牛奶和星期天的报纸”

And a heart smudged in blue ink 并以蓝色墨水污迹心脏

Fold it up and box it before you’ve time to think 把它折叠起来，这盒子你已经思考的时间才

   

Sundays are the hardest 周日是最难

Avoid familiar back roads 避免熟悉的背影道路

Erase the old phone numbers 删除旧的电话号码

Delete all the photos 删除所有照片

And those you haven’t heard from 而那些你还没有听说过，从

Will come as no surprise 会不会感到惊讶

They made their calculation 他们做了他们的计算

When they chose a side 当他们选择一个侧面

   

These are your instructions 这些都是你的指令

When you become reclusive 当你成为深居简出

When old friends say they miss you 当老朋友说他们想念你

When sleep becomes elusive 当睡眠变得难以捉摸

Fill up every journal 填满每一个杂志

Empty every shoebox 每一个空鞋盒

Burn the lists and letters 刻录列表和字母

Sweep out all the old thoughts 扫了所有的旧思想

Shake off all the covers 摆脱所有的盖子

Throw every window open 每扔窗口打开

Stand here in your bare feet 站在这里，你光着脚

Welcome in the morning 欢迎在早上

These are your instructions 这些都是你的指令

When grace has left you stranded 当恩典已经离开你滞留

When you are lost and wounded 当你失去了受伤

Bleeding and abandoned 出血和被遗弃

   

Use a tourniquet for pressure 使用止血带的压力

Let time do it’s healing 让时间做它的愈合

Say prayers for good measure 说祈祷的好办法

When you think you’ve lost all feeling 当你认为你已经失去了所有的感觉

Now walk into the guest room 现在走进客房

The last place he was sleeping 他正在睡觉的最后的地方

See the outline on the pillow 见轮廓上的枕头

Smooth it without weeping 它光滑不哭泣

   

One last final walk through 通过一个最后的决赛步行

Now move the bags and boxes 现在移动袋和包装盒

From front porch onto back seat 从门廊到后座

Haul away the losses 长途路程的损失

These are your instructions 这些都是你的指令

If you choose to follow 如果你选择跟随

Stop and take a big breath 停下来大喘气

Begin with something hollow... 用中空的东西开始...