Eaves

簷

Rainwater tiptoes overhead:

雨水的腳步在頭頂上輕輕踩著：

sleep, sleep

睡吧，睡吧

In the courtyard, water drips from the dream:

庭前的水滴在夢裡呼喚：

wake up, wake up

醒來，醒來

Stove

灶

Feed dry grass or straw,

把草的頭髮放進去

split tree limbs

把樹的手臂放進去

Spines of fire

歲月，是灰燼

convey smoke’s disposition

放出煙的脾氣

Time turns to ashes

火的骨氣

Hanging Pathway

棧

Draw two beams with a third crossing

畫兩根柱子一截橫木

so travelers might tumble toward a tomb of dreams

旅人被拋進夢的墓穴

Draw a path hung in air

畫一條懸空小路

where the far land fabled

遠方被預告

lies ahead

但時間還未到盡頭