This evening, I sat by an open window

黃昏之時，我坐在敞開的窗前

and read till the light was gone and the book

閱讀，直到光線消失，手中的書

was no more than a part of the darkness.

成為黑暗的一部分。

I could easily have switched on a lamp,

點亮一盞燈很容易，

but I wanted to ride this day down into night,

但我想乘著這一天進入黑夜，

to sit alone and smooth the unreadable page

想獨自坐著，平復那已無法認清的書頁

with the pale gray ghost of my hand.

用我蒼白的手的幽靈。