上午的閱讀

Read in the morning,

下午的苦悶

depressed by afternoon,

每一本書是一隻口袋

each book an empty pocket,

摸到底，感覺是空的

holed.

站立的是一棵棵樹

Trees one beside another,

坐著的是沉默的土地

silent land. We pace up and down,

走來走去的人類，走累了

reclining, weary, reading in the shade.

躺在樹蔭下閱讀

A row of vegetables, just sown—

青菜一壟，昨天剛種下

as they grow, how to say

「怎樣才能讓它們

they must accept

在生長的同時，接受

the doctrine of the knife?

走向菜刀的宗教？」