Twenty men crossing a bridge,

二十个人走过桥梁，

Into a village,

进入村庄。

Are twenty men crossing twenty bridges,

那是二十个人走过二十座桥梁，

Into twenty villages,

进入二十座村庄。

Or one man

或是一个人

Crossing a single bridge into a village.

走过一座桥进入一个村庄。

This is old song

这是一支古老的歌

That will not declare itself . . .

它不会宣泄它自己的意思……

Twenty men crossing a bridge,

二十个人走过桥梁，

Into a village,

进入村庄。

Are

那是

Twenty men crossing a bridge

二十个人走过一座桥

Into a village.

进入一个村庄。

That will not declare itself

这村庄不愿显露自己

Yet is certain as meaning . . .

但肯定有自己的意思……

The boots of the men clump

人们的靴子踏上

On the boards of the bridge.

桥梁的边缘，

The first white wall of the village

村庄的第一座白墙

Rises through fruit-trees.

自果树丛中升起。

Of what was it I was thinking?

我在想些什么？

So the meaning escapes.

而意思已逃离自身。

The first white wall of the village . . .

那村庄的第一座白墙……

The fruit-trees . . .

那果树林……