Winter afternoon, her feet
冬日午後的陽光,
snug in a grass basket,
特別舒坦,
late sunlight glimmering the two dragons
照著她手上的金線,
she embroiders with gold thread.
她正在繡兩條龍。
On the wall, strung seedstalks;
她的腳,
the big door’s luster of tung oil.
擺在草焐窠裡。
Chill wind shivers the pines;
牆壁上,
oh for such cold truth.
掛著各種蔬菜的種子。
A few gourds hang from a wooden rack.
桐油漆過的大門,
The silk with two dragons
散著悶悶的光。
will drape Guanyin’s altar
一陣清風,
so this woman may die easy as a leaf.
吹落了杉樹的葉子,
Outside, the stone path trod forever
如果我有這一陣清風的坦蕩就好了。
extends from her threshold,
幾根老絲瓜懸在木架上,
its sheen in the dusk
她繡得兩條龍的綢子布,
soft as worn silver.
要供在菩薩前的香案上,
When the breeze lifts,
為了死的時候像樹葉一樣悄然。
I desire
在她的家門口,
only this peace.
走了幾輩子的條石路,
像一塊老銀子在薄暮裡伸展。
一陣清風吹過,
如果我有這一陣清風的安詳,
我就好了。