I want to mention

我想說說

summer ending

夏日的結束

without meaning the death

又不影射死亡

of somebody loved

某個被愛之人

or even the death

甚至樹木

of the trees. 

的死去。

Today in the market

今天在市場上

I heard a mother say

我聽見一位母親說

Look at the pumpkins, 

看那些南瓜啊，

it’s finally autumn! 

秋天終於來了！

And the child didn’t think

而孩子並沒有想到

of the death of her mother

注定在她之前的

which is due before her own

母親的死，

but tasted the sound

只是品嘗著她笨拙舌尖上

of the words on her clumsy tongue: 

詞語的聲響：

pumpkin; autumn.

南瓜；秋天。

Let the eye enlarge

讓眼睛擴張吧

with all it beholds. 

憑它注視的一切。

I want to celebrate

我要慶祝

color, how one red leaf

顏色，一片紅葉如何

flickers like a match

閃爍，像一根

held to a dry branch, 

伸向枯枝的火柴，

and the whole world goes up

整個世界燃起

in orange and gold.

橙色和金黃。