Traffic drops,

街外車聲漸漸疏落

everyone home for New Year’s.

各自回家守候新年

In silence I await the narcissus,

在寂靜中我等待水仙綻開

the good fortune of its bloom.

第一朵年花預告吉慶

Furled white petals

它用白色花瓣層層包圍自己

surround the secret core.

擁抱住一個神秘的內在空間

Windowpanes refract the outer light

玻璃窗透進街道零星的燈火

as water the proud bearing of swans.

如水映出天鵝般高傲姿態

The past arrives in procession, year after year,

我看到所有過去的年頭列隊而來

like this one’s last minute,

帶走這只剩一分鐘生命的一年

its final moment a shadow

臨走一瞬間的影子飄過

passing over everything,

他們飄過眾物之上：

stem and pistil,

花枝和花蕊

my own black hair, my cheek.

我的黑髮和臉頰