有一個黃昏我披襟向南山

This evening, facing the south mountain,

坐於山腳 看看：

I sit at its foot, coat open,

整個湖水變成迷藥

the whole lake a sorcerer’s potion

銳化了我的意識

quickening the mind.

過去、現在和將來

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

都有人感受到無名的痛楚

someone tastes the nameless pain

漂浮在體內 像剛烘熱的雞蛋

coursing through the body, an egg

緩緩凸起 又在盤中下沉

bulged on the plate, shrinking as one eats,

那一堆養料在體內循環

a slug of nourishment pulsing in the flesh.

過去、現在和將來

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

它都存在：被叫作「意識」的東西

it remains: call it consciousness,

雖然它一變再變

however it shifts form,

雖然它在晨曦中高漲

rising at first light,

漫過五髒六腑

flooding our organs,

在暮色下退去 變成時間的膽固醇

sinking at blue dusk,

time’s cholesterol.

血液、唾液和植物汁液

所有來自自然的食物和物質

Blood, saliva, sap of plants,

都給身體的能量中心加持

all that nature feeds

化掉因急躁而結成的頑石

to bless the body’s core,

shattering the stones of impatience.

看看：夕陽因你的失眠

而變重變沉

See how the falling sun, grown fat

已經提早落下

on your insomnia,

胸中塊磊也被落日的鐵鏽溶掉

sets so early. Yet its rusty light

星辰的冷光 仍在銳化我的意識

dissolves the gloom within my chest.

Cold starlight sharpens thought.

現在去舞踏 一種功夫可以治愈

運動神經的騷亂

Go and dance the art that quells

the tumult of the nerves.