BIRTH NIGHT

   THIS fireglow is a red womb

     In the night, where you're folded up

     On your doom¹.

 

     And the ugly, brutal² years

     Are dissolving out of you,

     And the stagnant³ tears.

 

     I the great vein⁴ that leads

     From the night to the source of you,

     Which the sweet blood feeds.

 

     New phase in the germ of you;

     New sunny streams of blood

     Washing you through.

 

     You are born again of me.

     I, Adam, from the veins⁵ of me

     The Eve that is to be.

 

     What has been long ago

     Grows dimmer, we both forget,

     We no longer know.

 

     You are lovely, your face is soft

     Like a flower in bud

     On a mountain croft.

 

     This is Noël for me.

     To-night is a woman born

     Of the man in me.

1 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

2 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 stagnant   

adj.不流动的，停滞的，不景气的

参考例句：

• Due to low investment,industrial output has remained stagnant.由于投资少，工业生产一直停滞不前。
• Their national economy is stagnant.他们的国家经济停滞不前。

4 vein   

n.血管，静脉；叶脉，纹理；情绪；vt.使成脉络

参考例句：

• The girl is not in the vein for singing today.那女孩今天没有心情唱歌。
• The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。

5 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》