一些人不愛說話

Neither mute nor shy,

既不是啞巴，也不內向

they don’t say much,

只說必要的話

speaking only the indispensable.

只是禮節

Out of courtesy, perhaps,

只浮在說話的上面

they skate the surface,

一生就這樣過去

a whole life’s tally

寥寥數語即可概括

summed in brief.

一些人活著就像墓誌銘

Like epitaphs,

漫長但言辭簡短

long lives with short inscriptions.

像墓碑那樣地佇立著

Calm as gravestones

與我們冷靜相對

they look us in the face.