我想寫出此刻的安寧

I want to set down the tranquility of this moment,

我心中枯草一樣馴服的安寧

tranquility tame as the grass withered in my heart,

被風吹送著一直升向天庭的安寧

tranquility lofted by wind toward heaven.

我想寫出這住宅小區的安寧

I want to set down the tranquility of this compound,

汽車開走了停車場空蕩蕩的安寧

the tranquility of its parking lot emptied of cars,

兒童們奔跑奶奶們閑聊的安寧

the tranquility of children running, grandmothers chatting.

我想寫出這風中的清亮的安寧

I want to set down the clear and bright tranquility of the breeze,

草莖顫動著噝噝響的安寧

the whispered tranquility of the weedstalk, shivering,

老人褲管裏瘦骨的安寧

the bony tranquility of old people’s pantlegs.

我想寫出這泥地上濕乎乎的安寧

I want to set down the damp tranquility of muddy ground,

陽光鋪出的淡黃色的安寧

the flaxen tranquility of spread sunlight,

斷枝裂隙間乾巴巴的安寧

the dry tranquility within the splintered branch.

我想寫出這樹影籠罩著的安寧

I want to set down the tranquility shrouded by tree shade,

以及樹影之外的安寧

and the tranquility beyond the shade,

以及天地間青藍色的安寧

from earth to sky this green-to-blue tranquility.

我這麼想著沒功夫再想別的

Thinking this, I think of nothing else.

我這麼想著一路都這麼想著

Thinking this, it overwhelms me,

佔據我全身心的，就是這

soul and body, this

——安寧

—tranquility.