Read in the morning,

上午的閱讀

depressed by afternoon,

下午的苦悶

each book an empty pocket,

每一本書是一隻口袋

holed.

摸到底，感覺是空的

Trees one beside another,

站立的是一棵棵樹

silent land. We pace up and down,

坐著的是沉默的土地

reclining, weary, reading in the shade.

走來走去的人類，走累了

躺在樹蔭下閱讀

A row of vegetables, just sown—

as they grow, how to say

青菜一壟，昨天剛種下

they must accept

「怎樣才能讓它們

the doctrine of the knife?

在生長的同時，接受

走向菜刀的宗教？」