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1.

The cicada’s one kind of song,

蟬鳴是一種聲音

rain, thunder,

雷，雨

breath and heartbeat

心跳和氣喘

The bed, the brush

床，紗窗和樹葉

of leaves against the windowscreen

的摩擦

another

是另一種

Flying past,

以及大冠鷲撲翅

the crested serpent eagle beats its wings

飛過

The sullen cat

貓的燠熱

2.

二

Best not to smell

these pheromones, stamen and pistil

不要讓我嗅到

雄蕊雌蕊的費洛蒙

the surging flowers

the swelling air

膨脹的花

overloaded olfactories

膨脹的空氣

過於膨脹的嗅覺細胞

too close

過於靠近的你

3.

Shut the window, you say

三

Petals soon to drop

The Goddess of Mercy’s forehead’s in the cloud

你說闔攏窗吧

The pale egret beats upward from the bank

花瓣等著墜落

featherweight

觀音的額頭在雲裏

白鷺鷥拍岸是風

The crested serpent eagle tilts

羽量級

The cat’s ears

Who’s playing Chopin Chopin Chopin

大冠鷲一再調整

amid raindrops

貓的耳朵

Guess what time it is

是誰在蕭邦蕭邦蕭邦

                                  now

以及達達的雨

猜猜看現在

4.

幾點？

A kind of night

belongs to low flying hawks

四

belongs to orange jessamine,

the cautious heartbeat

有一種夜

no stethoscope can make out

屬於低飛的鷹隼

屬於七里香

This kind of night

謹慎的聽診器也聽不出的

becomes a low fever,

心跳

a cough

suppressed

有一種夜

but insuppressible

屬於三十八度的微燒

屬於咳嗽

Turn off the lamp, but not the creek

壓抑

nor the cicada

壓抑不住。在夜裏

This dark litany

is ours,

關燈，而溪流是關不住的

its swimming heat

蟬聲關不住

一種夜的連禱文

5.

屬於我們

You make me think

游移的    熱

humidity is real, the heat,

its pollen itch, these tears,

五

this sun swelled red,

你讓我以為這潮濕

dust flecked wind, wrinkled cords of rain

是真的，這熱

all

這花粉帶來的搔癢和涕淚

palpable Illusion.

這紅腫的太陽

You make me think you’re still here

風的雀斑雨的皺紋

都是

6.

Azure

觸覺。錯覺。

gaze

你讓我以為你還在

The cat’s retina nets the sky,

六

the crested serpent eagle

藍色的

The dewflower spreads

看。

summer to autumn

貓以視網網住天空網住

A thunderstorm, then blue

飛過的大冠鷲

鴨跖草從夏天

踱到秋天

雷雨後的藍調