Even 3 + 2 is like this.

就像3+2那樣。

A photograph of a face half lit, half in darkness.

照片上的臉一半在光裏，一半在黑暗裏。

A train station where one train is stopped

一座火車站停了一列火車，

and another passes behind it,

另一列從後面開過，

heard, but not seen.

聽見，但看不見。

A person proud of five good senses

一個人為他的五種感官自豪

lives without echolocation.

但不用回聲定位法。

Dogs pity our noses

狗同情我們的鼻子

as we pity the bee that blunders the glass.

就像我們同情撞在玻璃上的蜜蜂。

Take out every other word of the world,

從世界上每兩個詞中拿掉一個，

what is left?

還剩下什麼？

A half half darkness.

一半黑暗的一半。

A station one is and passes.

一座火車站和一座經過的火車站。

We live our lives in one place

我們生活在一個固定地點

and look in every moment into another.

卻無時無刻不在向別處看。

As on a child’s map,

就像在孩子的地圖上，

where X

X

marks both riddle and treasure.

標誌著線索，也標誌著寶藏。

It is near, but not here.

它很近，但不在這裏。