就像3+2那樣。

Even 3 + 2 is like this.

照片上的臉一半在光裏，一半在黑暗裏。

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

一座火車站停了一列火車，

A train station where one train is stopped

另一列從後面開過，

and another passes behind it,

聽見，但看不見。

heard, but not seen.

一個人為他的五種感官自豪

A person proud of five good senses

但不用回聲定位法。

lives without echolocation.

狗同情我們的鼻子

Dogs pity our noses

就像我們同情撞在玻璃上的蜜蜂。

as we pity the bee that blunders the glass.

從世界上每兩個詞中拿掉一個，

Take out every other word of the world,

還剩下什麼？

what is left?

一半黑暗的一半。

A half half darkness.

一座火車站和一座經過的火車站。

A station one is and passes.

我們生活在一個固定地點

We live our lives in one place

卻無時無刻不在向別處看。

and look in every moment into another.

就像在孩子的地圖上，

As on a child’s map,

X

where X

標誌著線索，也標誌著寶藏。

marks both riddle and treasure.

它很近，但不在這裏。

It is near, but not here.