A thing too perfect to be remembered:

太完美了以至于记不住：

stone beautiful only when wet.

石头在湿润时才是美丽的。

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Blinded by light or black cloth—

被光或黑布蒙蔽——

so many ways

如此多的方式

not to see others suffer.

看不见别人受苦。

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Too much longing:

太多的渴望

分离我们，

it separates us

就像香味从面包，

like scent from bread,

铁锈从铁。

rust from iron.

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从很远或近处看——

From very far or very close—

山的最坚毅的褶皱都是温柔的。

the most resolute folds of the mountain are gentle.

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仿佛把手臂伸进羊绒外套袖子里，

As if putting arms into woolen coat sleeves,

我们听着死者的喃喃细语。

we listen to the murmuring dead.

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圆圈的任意一点都是起点：

Any point of a circle is its start:

欲望忘记满足以继续欲望。

desire forgoing fulfillment to go on desiring.

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在一个什么也没有

In a room in which nothing

发生的房间里，

has happened,

一丝甜甜的烟草味。

sweet-scented tobacco.

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想想有隙可乘的思想，或是孤寂。

The very old, hands curling into themselves, remember their parents.

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Think assailable thoughts, or be lonely.