四減一是三。

Four less one is three.

三減二是一。

Three less two is one.

一減三

One less three

是什麼，是誰，

is what, is who,

餘數。

remains.

第一個學會分裂的細胞

The first cell that learned to divide

學會了減法。

learned to subtract.

祕方：

Recipe:

給饑餓加鹽。

add salt to hunger.

祕方：

Recipe:

給樹加時間。

add time to trees.

零加上任何事物

Zero plus anything

都是一個世界。

is a world.

此世

This one

非他世，

and no other,

一覽無遺，

unhidden,

在每一口呼吸中變更。

by each breath changed.

祕方：

Recipe:

給生加死。

add death to life.

祕方：

Recipe:

筆直愛這必然的一切。

love without swerve what this will bring.

姐姐，父親，母親，丈夫，女兒。

Sister, father, mother, husband, daughter.

好像一把大提琴

Like a cello

原諒每一個它正在拉出的音符，

forgiving one note as it goes,

和下一個。

then another.