At first, memory’s origami

起初以為那是記憶的摺紙

hanging from a waterside porch

掛在臨水廊下，不期然望見了

open to a stranger’s gaze.

未及熟視，俄而

Then it melds to a farewell

化為古箏音響浮過告別的現場

strummed on the guzheng,

如飛禽無意掉下之一羽

as if a feather parted from one wing

落入歌者湛湛的心底，渲染

found the singer’s limpid heart,

滲透，或是蝴蝶如期負來生靈

the music rippling

鮮血無盡，轉眼回歸純粹

like a sudden butterfly bears up the spirit.

一種決眥欲裂的紅

Endless blood, a furious purity

about to split open.