他的腳趾甲，

His toenails

又尖又黃，

sharp and yellow

像牆角邊

like flowers of the pagoda tree, withered

枯萎的槐樹花。

at the bottom of the wall.

他的肚子，

His belly

腫得很大，

so swollen

像食堂裡

like the big iron pan in the dining hall

翻扣的大鐵鍋。

turned over.

不少人哭了，

Many wept

為又尖又黃的腳趾甲，

for the sharp and yellow toenails,

為腫得很大的肚子，

for the swollen flesh,

不少人哭了。

many wept.

幾只蒼蠅，

Like ghosts,

幽靈一樣，

a few flies

歇在老人的眼皮上，

rest on his eyelids.

趕跑了又飛回來。

Driven off, they fly back.