So slowly a banana leaf unfurls.

芭蕉的樣子多麼舒展，

The dog jumps, nips at fleas.

狗跳著，咬身上的蝨子。

Tired of barking, it soon sleeps.

當牠叫累了，牠會睡去。

A young girl stares at a lilypad,

小女孩翻看著睡蓮葉子，

her brother lugging waterbuckets to the field.

她的弟弟送一桶水去菜地，

Around them, mountains fold like a monk’s robe.

在四周，群山像一件展開的僧人的袈裟。

A few farmers hoe among the garlic sprouts,

幾個農民刨開蒜苗地，

sunlight gushing.

陽光湧入，

How the dead gain happiness.

死者正是這樣得到幸福的。

Muck scooped from the pond

池塘裡掏出來的淤泥，

lies beside the footpath.

擺在路邊，

Our days are lived in utter revelation.

我們處在一個充分暴露的偉大的時期。