This evening, facing the south mountain,

有一個黃昏我披襟向南山

I sit at its foot, coat open,

坐於山腳 看看：

the whole lake a sorcerer’s potion

整個湖水變成迷藥

quickening the mind.

銳化了我的意識

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

過去、現在和將來

someone tastes the nameless pain

都有人感受到無名的痛楚

coursing through the body, an egg

漂浮在體內 像剛烘熱的雞蛋

bulged on the plate, shrinking as one eats,

緩緩凸起 又在盤中下沉

a slug of nourishment pulsing in the flesh.

那一堆養料在體內循環

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

過去、現在和將來

it remains: call it consciousness,

它都存在：被叫作「意識」的東西

however it shifts form,

雖然它一變再變

rising at first light,

雖然它在晨曦中高漲

flooding our organs,

漫過五髒六腑

sinking at blue dusk,

在暮色下退去 變成時間的膽固醇

time’s cholesterol.

血液、唾液和植物汁液

Blood, saliva, sap of plants,

所有來自自然的食物和物質

all that nature feeds

都給身體的能量中心加持

to bless the body’s core,

化掉因急躁而結成的頑石

shattering the stones of impatience.

看看：夕陽因你的失眠

See how the falling sun, grown fat

而變重變沉

on your insomnia,

已經提早落下

sets so early. Yet its rusty light

胸中塊磊也被落日的鐵鏽溶掉

dissolves the gloom within my chest.

星辰的冷光 仍在銳化我的意識

Cold starlight sharpens thought.

現在去舞踏 一種功夫可以治愈

Go and dance the art that quells

運動神經的騷亂

the tumult of the nerves.