隱約是窗外

Faint sounds beyond the window,

潮水的聲音

outgoing tide,

逝去的人語

passing voices.

月亮移遠

The moon retreats.

兒子夢裏翻身

My son, shirt rustling,

衣裳窸窣

turns over in his dream.

你醒來

You wake, fist on the crib rail,

扶著床欄

see me on the couch.

細看睡塌上的我

You hum a toneless song

忽然哼起

like a duckling

無調的歌

swims across the room

像小鴨子

and back. My ears

在房子裏悠悠

catch something from my past,

游遠

slim recognition, monosyllables

又回來

not yet words.

我的耳彎

I write them down

還帶回一些

in rhythms, line breaks

我的過去

of the lunar tide.

讓我重認

Someday you might read

一些單音節

and claim again

在字詞出現之前

these moments of your past

然後按潮水

as the tide recedes,

起落

advances.

月移方向

一一分行

記下

讓你將來

閱讀

拾回一些

你的過去

如潮水退了

又再回來