No one around, the corridor long and dark.

長廊昏暗，再望不見其他人

Who turned the lights off?

是誰忘了開燈

As we walk to the corner

走到轉角的地方

our shoulders nearly touch.

我和你的肩膀幾乎相碰

Like a Gypsy with her crystal ball

我曾像擁有水晶球的吉甫賽女人

I once read thoughts in others’ eyes.

從各人眸中望見各種心思

But yours were thick as last night’s wine

你的眼睛卻稠醪如昨夜未喝盡的酒

and layered in dark clouds.

眼底沉澱層層啡黑色雲翳

As if a car passed,

錯覺像遠方駛過的街車

something lights

燈影一瞬劃過

this briefly awkward moment

片刻照亮我們的處境

amid the pressing dark.

又復歸向固執的黑暗

I always wanted to be a black cat

我總想變成一隻黑貓

crouched in a corner, gazing coldly on the world,

伏在角落只剩一對亮眼觀看世界

so see you now, spotlit

冷眼望你在聚光燈下

like a statue in bronze, self-sculpted,

逐漸雕塑自己為一尊銅像

while I meld with night.

而我打算把身軀溶入黝黝的夜色

You walk ahead, giving off

而此刻你走在我身旁

the fragrance of a male.

發出熱衷領路的雄性氣味

Blindfolded, I stretch my hand

我卻像被黑巾蒙住了眼睛

into the air of endlessly extending space,

我卻只能伸出雙手摸索

the only thing between us.

在不斷擴展的黑域內想像

空間大小、你我之間距離遠近

Somewhere a car growls by,

除了空氣，我沒有掌握住什麽

and then this silence

more fatal than a whisper.

錯覺一瞬遠方有車開過

引擎低吼一聲歸向命定的寂靜

The lights still out,

寂靜中我彷若聽見有人喁喁私語

I cannot find the switch.

Is the exit far ahead?

還是沒人開燈

Our toes feel for the edges of the stairs.

我依然摸索不到開關

出口的方向是否真在前面？

我們小心地用腳尖探測梯階的邊緣