In a soundless forest, you roam

徜徉在無聲的森林

more silent than the silent world,

你比無聲的世界更沉默

your unclosed eyes unseeing.

永遠睜開的雙眼從不搜索

Streams glide through clearings,

變幻的原野以流水的聲音

your speech and answer.

替你回答，替你說話

Your life was not kindled

你初生的生命不是由一擊閃電賦予

by lightning, but layer by layer,

而是由持續的塑造、由你自身的忍耐

grew your own body

由一個一個期待的夜晚生成

through long, expectant nights,

完美的木偶來自充滿瑕疵的肉體

not mortal flesh but undying puppet,

活動的堅實源自虛無

from nothing a moving permanence,

源自王子心中生滿如刀的荊棘

its prince’s heart run through by thorns.

公主與你一同起舞

When the princess takes you in her arms

讓你更接近成為一個活人

to dance, you long to wake

直至微弱的體溫消去

before your body cools.

你讓她相信另有一個木質的世界

If only she’d believe,

你就會更接近成為一個活人

the warmth of her touch could give you breath.

在她微溫的手裏

The real prince who made you

製造你的王子絕望無言

lies wordless in despair.

你讓他幾乎成為了人

You almost make him live.