我將為你建造一座屋宇

I will build you a house

房間有限

of limited chambers

但將屹立

but it shall last

永世：四個空間

forever: four rooms

從石壁中鑿出

hewn in the side of stone

為你受用，我的

for you, my

唯一的征服者。

only conqueror.

南耳室配備一切

In the south room all

你出行的需要

you will need for the journey

——一架車輦，

—a chariot, a

一隊馬匹——

dozen horses—

對面，

opposite,

一個陶傭

a figurine household

隨時侍奉，

posed in servitude

兩只銅壺，比一家人

and two bronze jugs, worth more

用於活命和短暫安定

than a family pays in taxes

所繳付的稅金

for the privilege to stay

更為昂貴……

alive, a year, together…

然而你不知足。

but you’re bored.

往前，甬道

Straight ahead then, the hall

通向你，我的

leading to you, my

每時每刻的

constant

君王。你

emperor. Here

在這裏分解

when the stench of your

散發的惡臭

own diminishing

把你驅向空氣（卻無處

drives you to air (but

可尋），還有

you will find none), here

一盞香爐

an incense burner

形如環繞你的

in the form of the mountain

博山，獵人在此

around you, where hunters pursue

the sacred animal

追捕神獸

and the peaks are drenched

而群峰在陽光中

in sun.

沐浴。

For those times

想到那漫長的

in your niche when darkness

壁龕中黑暗的

oppresses, I will set you

壓迫，我將為你

a lamp. (And a statue

置一盞燈。（執燈人

of the palace girl you most

是你最為垂涎的

frequently coveted.)

宮女的形象。）

And for your body,

至於你的軀體，

two thousand jade wafers

兩千玉片

with gold thread puzzled

用金縷編綴

to a brilliant envelope,

一個奇妙的口袋，

a suit to keep

一件衣服

the shape of your death—

保存你死亡的形狀——

when you are long light and clouds

你將成為大地上永恒的

over the earth, just as the legends prophesy.

光和雲，如傳說中所預言。