The gathering family

團聚的一家人

throws shadows around us,

在我們四周拋下影子，

it is the late afternoon

這是一個家庭

of the family.

的黃昏。

There is still enough light

還有足夠的光

to see all the way back,

照亮來時的路，

but at the windows

而玻璃窗上

that light is wasting away.

那光束正在消減。

Soon we will be nothing

很快我們將成為無物

but silhouettes: the sons’

只剩剪影：兒子們

as harsh

同父親一樣

as the fathers’.

棱角分明。

Soon the daughters

很快，女兒們

will take off their aprons

將摘下圍裙

as trees take off their leaves

像冬天來臨時

for winter.

樹木脫掉葉子。

Let us eat quickly—

讓我們快點吃吧——

let us fill ourselves up.

讓我們把自己填滿。

the covers of the album are closing

在我們身後

behind us.

相冊正慢慢合上。