When someone dies,
一個人死後的生活
the living remember.
是活人對他的回憶……
Much later her mirror
當他死去很久以後,
opens its mouth to speak,
他用過的鏡子開口說話了,
his chair starts to murmur,
他坐過的椅子喃喃低語了,
even the paths recall their steps.
連小路也在回想著他的腳步。
Beyond the window,
在窗外,
a slow sunset
緩緩的落日,
acquires their habitual tone.
是他慣用的語調。
Thus the living abide
一個活人的生活,
in terms of the departed.
是對死人的回憶……
And so in time
在過了很久以後,
does the manner, the motion
活人的語調,動作,
of the living
跟死去的人一樣了。
begin to resemble the dead.