我住在城鎮的邊緣

I lived at the edge of the town

像一盞街燈，它的燈泡

like a street lamp whose light bulb

從未有人換過。

no one ever replaces.

蛛網支撐起墻角

Cobwebs held the walls together,

像汗水黏住握著的手。

and sweat our clasped hands.

在粗陋的石頭墻洞裏

I hid my teddy bear

我藏起我的泰迪熊

in holes in crudely built stone walls

使他免於做夢。

saving him from dreams.

日以繼夜我一次次歸來

Day and night I made the threshold come alive

讓門檻復活

returning like a bee that

像蜜蜂執拗地重返上一朵花。

always returns to the previous flower.

我在和平年代離開家：

It was a time of peace when I left home:

剛咬了一口的蘋果還沒有瘀青，

the bitten apple was not bruised,

信的郵票上印著一座廢棄的老房子。

on the letter a stamp with an old abandoned house.

從出生起我一直向寧靜的地方遷徙，

From birth I’ve migrated to quiet places

虛無懸掛在我身上

and voids have clung beneath me

像雪不知該屬於大地

like snow that doesn’t know if it belongs

還是空氣。

to the earth or to the air.