A photo in a violet frame

一张镶在紫罗兰色镜框里的相片，

for her granddaughter fifty years hence:

距今五十年，给她的孙女：

“My grandma was very beautiful

“我奶奶在我这么大的时候

at my age, more beautiful than I am, and proud.”

非常美丽，比我美丽，而且骄傲。”

A sweet prophecy from then

从那时一个可爱的预言

returns on its circular way from the future to me:

绕着弯从未来归来

that’s how I fell in love with you.

到我这里：我就是这样爱上了你。

I see you from the side:

我从侧面看你：

a trembling of lashes and eyebrows, like

睫毛和眉毛的颤动，好像

the trembling of a wing, in the angle

翅膀的颤动，在眉骨

between brow and cheek, the eye nests like a bird.

与颧骨之间的夹角中，眼睛像鸟儿做窝。

Your whole body is a sweet clamorous nesting:

你全身都是可爱喧闹的做窝处：

from head to toe

从头到脚，

many warm nests.

许多温暖的窝。