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by Vénus Khoury-Ghata （Translated by Marilyn Hacker¹）

The first day after his death

she folded up her mirrors

put a slipcover on the spider web

then tied up the bed which was flapping its wings to take off

The second day after his death

she filled up her pockets with wood chips

threw salt over the shoulder of her house

and went off with a tree under each arm

The third day after his death

she swore at the pigeons lined up along her tears

bit into a grape which scattered² its down in her throat

then called out till sunset to the man gone barefoot

into the summer pasture in the cloudy mountains

The fourth day

a herd³ of buffalo⁴ barged into her bedroom

demanding the hunter who spoke⁵ their dialect

she shouldered her cry

shot off a round

which pierced the ceiling of her sleep

The fifth day

shoe-soles of blood imprinted⁶ themselves on her doorstep

she followed them to that ditch where everything smells of boned hare

The sixth day after his death

she painted her face with earth

attacked the peaceful shadows of passers-by

slit⁷ the throats of trees

their colorless blood evaporated when it touched her hands

The seventh day

stringy men sprouted⁸ in her garden

she mistook them for poplars

bit the armpits of their branches

and lengthily⁹ vomited¹⁰ wood-chips

The eighth day

the sea whinnied at her door

she washed her belly's embankments

then called down to the river's mouth

where men clashed together like pebbles¹¹

The ninth day

she dried her tears on the roof between the basil and the budding fog

gazed at herself in stones

found cracks in her eyes like those in a church's stained glass

The tenth day

he surged up out of her palm

sat down on her fingernail

demanded her usual words to drink and the almond odor of her knees.

He swallowed them without pleasure

on his journey he'd lost the taste for tortured water

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1 hacker
n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客
参考例句：
The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。 This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

2 scattered
adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的
参考例句：
Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

3 herd
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
参考例句：
She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。 He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

4 buffalo
n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛
参考例句：
Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。 The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

5 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 imprinted
v.盖印（imprint的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
The terrible scenes were indelibly imprinted on his mind. 那些恐怖场面深深地铭刻在他的心中。 The scene was imprinted on my mind. 那个场面铭刻在我的心中。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 slit
n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂
参考例句：
The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。 He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。

8 sprouted
v.发芽( sprout的过去式和过去分词 )；抽芽；出现；（使）涌现出
参考例句：
We can't use these potatoes; they've all sprouted. 这些土豆儿不能吃了，都出芽了。来自《简明英汉词典》 The rice seeds have sprouted. 稻种已经出芽了。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 lengthily
adv.长，冗长地
参考例句：
The argument went on lengthily. 辩论持续时间特别长。来自互联网 In the endless literary writing history, female and her body lengthily continue a depreciated destiny. 漫长的文学书写史里，“女性”与其“身体”长久地延续了一种被贬降的压抑命运。来自互联网

10 vomited

参考例句：
Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited. 科比特倚在墙边，马上呕吐了起来。 She leant forward and vomited copiously on the floor. 她向前一俯，哇的一声吐了一地。来自英汉文学

11 pebbles
[复数]鹅卵石；沙砾；卵石，小圆石( pebble的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The pebbles of the drive crunched under his feet. 汽车道上的小石子在他脚底下喀嚓作响。 Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage. 在罐子里铺一层鹅卵石，以确保排水良好。

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