进入一块石头

Go inside a stone

那将是我的方式。

That would be my way.

让别人变成鸽子

Let somebody else become a dove

让别人用老虎的牙齿去咬。

Or gnash with a tiger's tooth.

我很乐意做一块石头。

I am happy to be a stone.

外表看石头是一个谜：

From the outside the stone is a riddle:

谁都猜不到谜底。

No one knows how to answer it.

而内部，一定冰冷又安静

Yet within, it must be cool and quiet

即使母牛将全部的体重踩在它身上，

Even though a cow steps on it full weight,

即使孩子把它扔进河里；

Even though a child throws it in a river;

石头下沉，缓慢，镇定

The stone sinks, slow, unperturbed

沉到河底

To the river bottom

鱼儿游过来敲它

Where the fishes come to knock on it

听它。

And listen.

当两石相击，

I have seen sparks fly out

我看见火星飞迸，

When two stones are rubbed,

所以也许它里边根本不是一团漆黑；

So perhaps it is not dark inside after all;

也许有一轮月亮在某处

Perhaps there is a moon shining

照耀着，仿佛藏在一座山的背后――

From somewhere, as though behind a hill—

那光亮刚好可以让你

Just enough light to make out

在隐秘的墙上辨认出

The strange writings, the star-charts

古怪的文字，星星的航海图。

On the inner walls.