蒼蠅叫不叫「蒼蠅」無關緊要

It’s not important

牠的嗡嗡聲越來越大無關緊要

Whether a fly’s called “fly”.

牠喝了一肚子墨水撒出的尿全是藍的無關緊要

Not important

牠決定做一隻優秀的蒼蠅無關緊要

if its buzz gets louder and louder.

Not important

我們兩人鴉雀無聲

if it drinks up ink and pisses blue.

Not important

蒼蠅飛走，房間裏多了一個人無關緊要

if it decides to be excellent.

他談笑風生自得其樂無關緊要

他說他的聰明足以在天上吃得開，然後就走了

We two keep silent.

他是否成了天上最聰明的人無關緊要

It’s not important

我們兩人鴉雀無聲

if the fly buzzes off and someone else enters the room.

Not important

鴉雀無聲的還不僅只我們兩人

if he chatters away, happy and content,

還有窗外的電線桿和它移動的影子

clever enough, he says, to even have his way in heaven.

電線桿上吊死一隻風箏無關緊要

When he leaves,

我們繞著電線桿跑了十萬八千里無關緊要

it’s not important if he’s the wisest man in paradise.

We two keep silent.

Silence encloses not only us

but the power pole and its shadow

afloat beyond the window.

It’s not important

if a kite hangs dead

from the wires, not important

that around the pole

we run thousands of miles.