1

I

很安静。

It is calm.

像是我们

It is as though

曾住在一座园子里

we lived in a garden

那善与恶

that had not yet arrived

的认知还没有

at the knowledge of

到来。

good and evil.

但有一个男人在其中。

But there is a man in it.

2

II

将有雨

There will be

垂落

rain falling vertically

从寻常的

from an indifferent

天空。那人的脸

sky. There will stare out

会从它的窗栏

from behind its

后面凝望，

bars the face of the man

他不喜欢这雨。

who is not enjoying it.

3

III

没有什么高过

Nothing higher

一个黑莓

than a blackberry

树丛。当太阳

bush. As the sun comes up

初升，那从地平线

fresh, what is the darkness

延伸向地平线的

stretching from horizon

黑暗是什么？是荫影

to horizon? It is the shadow

那个叉状男人的。

here of the forked man.

4

IV

我们已经吃掉

We have eaten

那些黑莓并吐出了

the blackberries and spat out

籽，但它们躺着

the seeds, but they lie

闪亮如一个男人的眼睛。

glittering like the eyes of a man.

5

V

当我们停住

After we have stopped

歌唱，园子荡起了

singing, the garden is disturbed

回声。是那个

by echoes. It is

男人在吹口哨，期待着

the man whistling, expecting

一切为他来临。

everything to come to him.

6

VI

我们在树枝上

We wipe our beaks

擦抹嘴巴

on the branches

徒耗黎明的

wasting the dawn's

珠宝去清除

jewellery to get rid

一个男人的味道。

of the taste of a man.

7

VII

尽管如此，

Nevertheless,

没啥大不了的

which is not the case

只是一个人，我们的

with a man, our

账单不会带来麻烦。

bills give us no trouble.

8

VIII

谁说过这

Who said the

数字不吉利？

number was unlucky?

是一个男人，那个

It was a man, who,

试图避开我们的，

trying to pass us,

他曾使自己的许可被获准

had his licence endorsed

十三次。

thirteen times.

9

IX

天起凉风

In the cool

的时候那园子

of the day the garden

似乎交给了

seems given over

乌鸦。然而

to blackbirds. Yet

我们也知道某处

we know also that somewhere

藏着一个男人。

there is a man in hiding.

10

X

对于我们，有

To us there are

蛋就有

eggs and there are

乌鸦。但那人在此，

blackbirds. But there is the man,

竟也，试图无羽

too, trying without feathers

而孵出方案。

to incubate a solution.

11

XI

我们伸展

We spread our

翅膀，盘旋于

wings, reticulating

自己的领空。一个男人站在

our air space. A man stands

我们之下痴想

under us and worries

能做同样的事情。

at his ability to do the same.

12

XII

每当夜晚降临

When night comes

如来自太空

like a visitor

的访客

from outer space

我们就闭塞耳朵

we stop our ears

免得听到讲说

lest we should hear tell

那个月光中的男人。

of the man in the moon.

13

XIII

夏天到

Summer is

头了。候鸟

at an end. The migrants

离去。当它们开春

depart. When they return

返回这园子时，

in spring to the garden,

可会有一个男人在它们当中？

will there be a man among them?