from “Matter, Shape, & Spirit”, a response

我承認我因為缺乏普救的定義

to Tao Yuan Ming’s three part poem of the same title

而自詡詡欣喜，近乎超然之有力

絕對的自由，零羈絆，且透明無所

I confess I’m fully content

不在，永遠比爾等輕若山谷飄泊

with no grand plan of the universe,

吹過的風，比子夜潮音自古昔

free, unfettered, invisible

傳來，比夢──更渺茫

and everywhere. Like wind that flows

訴諸想像，我承認我永遠先走一步

down a valley, I’m lighter than the world,

以慧黠掩飾羞澀的表情

farther than the tidal hush of midnight,

曾經屬於我的

gauzier than dream. I trust imagination

惟有當寂寞也變成完全屬於我

to stay one step ahead, my cleverness

的時候，當四冥八荒充滿了宇宙勢必

veiling my shyness. What I owned

沉淪的異象，我站在雷雨初歇的野地

were only those moments

嘗試解說一些重複的徵兆

of solitude, wholly possessed.

為你，以約定的程式

Everywhere portents herald doom

直探依稀多情的心，堅持摧折

as rain follows thunder,

當無邊的寂寞證明完全屬於我

while here in the wilderness

也只有流落人生歧路上的你

I strive as promised to uncode the omens,

和你，是我惟一的不捨

to plumb your heart, my husk,

through such troubles.

At this crossroads

in a waste of isolation,

you’re all I can claim.