我想要的，我以為，只有少許，

I wanted, I thought, only a little,

兩茶匙的寂靜——

two teaspoons of silence—

一勺代替糖，

one for sugar,

一勺攪動潮濕。

one for stirring the wetness.

不。

No.

我要一整個開羅的寂靜，

I wanted a Cairo of silence,

一整個京都。

a Kyoto.

每一座懸空的花園裏

In every hanging garden

青苔和水。

mosses and waters.

寂靜的方向：

The directions of silence:

北，西，南，過去，未來。

north, west, south, past, future.

它鑽進任何一扇窗

It comes through any window

敞開一寸的縫隙，

one inch open,

像斜落的雨。

like rain driven sideways.

悲痛挪移，

Grief shifts,

彷彿一匹吃草的馬，

as a grazing horse does,

交替著腿蹄。

one leg to the other.

馬睡著時

But a horse sleeping

腿全都上了鎖。

sleeps with all legs locked.