那夜我看見一垂釣者把一根白燭

That night I saw a fisherman lower a white candle

放進碼頭前深水，給鬼魂們引路。

in deep water off the pier, lighting a path for the spirits.

嗚嗚，我是一陣風，在此縈繞不肯去。

Woo-oo, I’m a breath of wind, loitering a moment, don’t want to leave.

那夜我看見一弈棋者把棋盤填字，

That night I saw a chess player scrawl characters on a chessboard,

似是九龍墨蹟家譜零碎然而字字天書。

like a Kowloon calligrapher’s sprawling script, each a mystery.

嗚嗚，我是一陣風，在此縈繞不肯去。

Woo-oo, I’m a breath of wind, loitering a moment, don’t want to leave.

那夜我看見一舞者把一襲白裙

That night I saw a dancer dance, her white dress

舞成流雲，雲上有金猴怒目切齒。

a flowing cloud, but overhead a gold monkey, glaring eyes, gnashing teeth.

吁吁，我是一陣雨，在此淅瀝不肯去。

Hoo-oosh, I’m a drizzle of rain, pattering, don’t want to leave.

那夜我看見一喪妻者鼓盆而歌，

That night I saw a widower drum a pot and sing,

歌聲清越仿如四十年前一少年無忌。

clear and strong as forty years ago, a young man with no qualms.

吁吁，我是一陣雨，在此淅瀝不肯去。

Hoo-oosh, I’m a drizzle of rain, pattering, don’t want to leave.

「共你披星戴月……」今夜我在碼頭燒信，

“Together we’re cloaked by stars, crowned by the moon.”

羣魔在都市的千座針尖上升騰，

Tonight I’m burning letters at the pier,

我共你煮雨焚風，喚一場熔爐中的飛霜。

from a thousand building spires demons rise.

Together we boil the rain, ignite the wind, conjure from a furnace winged frost.

咄咄，我是一個人，在此咬指、書空。

How absurd! I’m just one man, gnawing my fingers, scribbling in air.