moss climbs the steps

苔痕爬上了台階

the fat woman sits and dries her hair

胖婦人坐在椅上吹乾頭髮

sultry the heat slowly cools

潮濕溽熱逐漸變成涼爽

spring grass thrives by a pond

池塘生長了春草

on a bench the mechanic draws on his cigarette

技工坐在長凳上抽一根煙

half the day’s labors slip free through air

半天的勞累在空氣中舒散

the willow rounds to a songbird

圓柳變成了鳴禽

noon, the secretary lifts her burger,

白領午休拿起几上的漢堡

tilts back her head, scanning the gaps of tall buildings

抬頭在高樓夾縫尋找飛鳥影子

for the shadowed flights of birds

草色映進了眼簾

her eyes the color of grass

打字小姐修理呆鈍的電腦

the typist restarts the slow computer

等待從鋼灰心懷裏泛出嫩葉

her steel-grey heart awaits the tremble of tender leaves

坐看青色爬上衣裳

how green ascends one’s clothes