能從一塊肥皂改變

can a cake of soap change

一個世界嗎？

a world? just stir

把新鮮植物油混入

fresh plant oil

鹼水，稀釋

into lye, cool

冷凝，不一定能變出

until firm, though it may not invoke

一個芬芳的新世界

a fragrant new realm

除非我們有更多的時間

without more time

洗淨世間的塵垢，有芳香衣被

to scrub clean the soils of this earth,

覆蓋工作扭曲的軀體

without perfumed garments

不要讓勞動霸佔了身心

to veil the limbs warped by labor

一塊一塊的，那麼具體

the souls and bodies crushed by work

不管是不是放進薰衣草

cake after cake, so solid

香橙、玉桂、火麻仁

neither lavender

不是要給你更多泡沫的幻像

nor sweet orange, cassia nor hemp

是一羣人一起合作做出來

yields more fanciful lather

一瓶一瓶的，盛載流動的訊息：

one and another

母親洗澡後的味道

bottle after bottle, floating their own notes:

嬰兒皮膚的氣息

after a bath, mother’s scent,

from baby’s skin, this breath