子夜伏於窗邊

Midnight, leaning at a window

夜色折翼下降

as night deepens, unfolding its ink-dark wings.

唉好黑，沒有一顆星

Not one star

低頭卻見山下的海港

yet from the harbor below the mountain

堅亮的漁火都不曾睡去

the lights of fishing boats burn steadily awake,

沒有呵欠，也沒有輾轉

neither yawning nor tossing in bed.

提著盞盞領航的橘燈

Their orange lamps aloft

趕路的魚龍都挨向光源

lure fish and dragons to their glow.

我也將自安穩的河灘

I too must drift from this peaceful shore,

依依漂泊如辛苦的漁汎

hoping for anchorage, as will these boats,

尋覓安根的居停

leaving familiar wind and wave.

帶不走聽慣的風濤與波聲

Tonight, a solitary clam, open to the universe

今夜，我是寂寞的蚌張口向宇宙

over the sleepless harbor,

也對著失眠的港口

I’m sleepless too, loath to wake

不睡有不睡的原因

at sunrise in a dream, in a mist,

不想一閉眼明晨就天亮

snuffing the fishing light, shoving off.

滅了漁火，啓了航船

猶在夢裏嗎煙水正推著船影……