Winter solstice,

冬至節到了

ghost money burning in the street.

有人在路上燒紙

Firelight on the tree trunks,

火光映亮了街邊的樹幹

the living turned to shadows

這些活著的人變成了一些影子

reaching for the dead.

去親近消逝的死者

The walls, the corners, the courtyards

在街邊，在牆角，在親人生活過的院子裏

where those they knew once lived.

損失和愧疚使他們得知

Guilt and sorrow

另一個世界的存在

unveil the other world,

像大地一樣黑沉沉

dark and heavy as the great earth,

像火苗一樣靈敏熱烈

sharp as these ardent flames.