进入一块石头

Go inside a stone

那才是我的方式。

That would be my way.

让其他人变成鸽子

Let somebody else become a dove

或者用老虎的牙齿嘶咬。

Or gnash with a tiger's tooth.

我乐意做一块石头。

I am happy to be a stone.

从外面看，石头是一个谜：

From the outside the stone is a riddle:

没人知道怎样去解答。

No one knows how to answer it.

然而里边，它必定安静而冷酷

Yet within, it must be cool and quiet

即便一头牛以全副重量踩上去，

Even though a cow steps on it full weight,

即使一个孩子将它扔进河里，

Even though a child throws it in a river;

石头缓慢地，沉落到

The stone sinks, slow, unperturbed

河底，安然自若，

To the river bottom

鱼儿们过来敲敲

Where the fishes come to knock on it

并聆听。

And listen.

我见过两块石头

I have seen sparks fly out

摩擦时飞出的火花。

When two stones are rubbed,

因此，或许它里面终究并不黑暗；

So perhaps it is not dark inside after all;

或许有一个月亮从某处

Perhaps there is a moon shining

发光，仿佛在一座小山后——

From somewhere, as though behind a hill—

光亮仅仅够辨认

Just enough light to make out

那些奇异的文字——星星将它们

The strange writings, the star-charts

绘制在内壁上。

On the inner walls.