團聚的一家人

The gathering family

在我們四周拋下影子，

throws shadows around us,

這是一個家庭

it is the late afternoon

的黃昏。

of the family.

還有足夠的光

There is still enough light

照亮來時的路，

to see all the way back,

而玻璃窗上

but at the windows

那光束正在消減。

that light is wasting away.

很快我們將成為無物

Soon we will be nothing

只剩剪影：兒子們

but silhouettes: the sons’

同父親一樣

as harsh

棱角分明。

as the fathers’.

很快，女兒們

Soon the daughters

將摘下圍裙

will take off their aprons

像冬天來臨時

as trees take off their leaves

樹木脫掉葉子。

for winter.

讓我們快點吃吧——

Let us eat quickly—

讓我們把自己填滿。

let us fill ourselves up.

在我們身後

the covers of the album are closing

相冊正慢慢合上。

behind us.