你的幸福离你有多远？

How far away is your happiness?

			有多少寸？

            How many inches?

有多少码？

How many yards?

            有多少上下班的

            How many bus rides to work

公交车程？

and back?

            有多少道门廊

            How many doorways

与多少阶楼梯？

and stairwells?

            有多少个小时

            How many hours

醒来在深夜

awake in the dark

            漆黑的肚子里？

            belly of the night

那里存放了

which contains

            世界上所有的卧室，

            all the world’s bedrooms,

全都只有洋娃娃大小。

all dollhouse-sized?

            你的幸福离你有多远？

            How far away is your happiness?

有多少言词？

How many words?

            有多少个念头？

            How many thoughts?

有多少条人行道？

How much pavement?

            有多少根线

            How much thread

在当下这一刻

in the enormous sewing machine

            这架巨大的缝纫机中？

            of the present moment?