can a cake of soap change

能從一塊肥皂改變

a world? just stir

一個世界嗎？

fresh plant oil

把新鮮植物油混入

into lye, cool

鹼水，稀釋

until firm, though it may not invoke

冷凝，不一定能變出

a fragrant new realm

一個芬芳的新世界

without more time

除非我們有更多的時間

to scrub clean the soils of this earth,

洗淨世間的塵垢，有芳香衣被

without perfumed garments

覆蓋工作扭曲的軀體

to veil the limbs warped by labor

不要讓勞動霸佔了身心

the souls and bodies crushed by work

一塊一塊的，那麼具體

cake after cake, so solid

不管是不是放進薰衣草

neither lavender

香橙、玉桂、火麻仁

nor sweet orange, cassia nor hemp

不是要給你更多泡沫的幻像

yields more fanciful lather

是一羣人一起合作做出來

one and another

一瓶一瓶的，盛載流動的訊息：

bottle after bottle, floating their own notes:

母親洗澡後的味道

after a bath, mother’s scent,

嬰兒皮膚的氣息

from baby’s skin, this breath