這原不是我劃定的界限

I mean to set no boundary,

請你把外面灼灼的目光

but kindly rest your gaze outside,

先在畫屏的松蔭間歇歇

amid the pine shade of this painted screen.

你就想像自己進入了古代的花園

Though your face can’t be paper, wood your bones,

扮演一種遊戲；你當然不可能

imagine entering this ancient garden

成為古人：紙面木骨，遁隱在凝定

from a frozen age, excused from court

的時間，謝病屏居？更不等於說

for “illness” to the hermit’s life

你再無須關心眼前從此紛紜變亂

behind the screen.

你不受干擾；我們只是

No unsettling upheavals, at peace

需要一點點矜持

with a safe margin,

多一點點餘裕

not caring to see all of anything.

不願把所有東西一氣看完

No need to sift each word.

所有話語都未經篩選

It’s written ”Block evil wind, stop mist and fog”.

你試唸唸：「壅閼風邪，霧露是抗」

Beyond, wind passes.

你聽到屏外的風聲么你是否

Does it bring a damp and heavy dew?

把濕重的露水也帶來了呢

Or just seem to?

或者你只有風聲露水的想像了吧

If you look past the screen, what’s there?

當你繞到背後可有新的發現？