the fire god dances in the ash

祝融在跳舞

the black petals

從灰燼裏

a strange alluring flower

開出詭麗的花朵

her own grace

她總可以婀娜走過

nothing of his

彷彿一切與他無關

from earth’s depths

紅色的眼晴

from mouldering leaves the strew

從土地的深處凝望你

of twigs’ decay, red eyes behold

透過散落滿地的

your future, mine

腐葉和枯枝

candles drip their tears till daybreak

看進你我的未來

one bead after another the slow ripple

臘燭垂淚到天明

spreading, thickening, joining this journey

一滴比一滴濃重

to sky’s end, down an endless road

漣漪盪開，連起此去

from one life to the next

無盡的天涯路

how can you repay

從今生到來世

water’s blue affections?

你可報答得了

purple’s our regret

湛藍波濤的深情？

the world’s human baggage

紫色是我們的遺憾

impossible to cast off

沒法擺脫的

the faded paper fortunes

人世的包袱

discarded in wilderness

招貼殘舊的符籤

where leaves again sprout green

委棄於野地

he worships history’s beasts

可又長出叢叢綠葉

wan willows, fan palms weave

他供奉歷史的怪獸

a thatch of weeds and shadow

敗柳和蒲葵砌成

in an obscure corner

映像的雜草光影

pour wine for sacrifice

澆上祭祀的白酒

among yellow withered leaves a bright burst of red

在無人注意的角落

sings words no one hears

焦黃枯葉上長出一朵嫣紅

用無人聽見的話語歌唱