我想要的，我以为，只有少许,

I wanted, I thought, only a little,

两茶匙的寂静——

two teaspoons of silence—

一勺代替糖,

one for sugar,

一勺搅动潮湿。

one for stirring the wetness.

不。

No.

我要一整个开罗的寂静,

I wanted a Cairo of silence,

一整个京都

a Kyoto.

每一座悬空的花园里

In every hanging garden

青苔和水。

mosses and waters.

寂静的方向：

The directions of silence:

北，西，南，过去，未来。

north, west, south, past, future.

它钻进任何一扇窗户

It comes through any window

那一寸的缝隙,

one inch open,

像斜落的雨。

like rain driven sideways.

悲痛挪移,

Grief shifts,

仿佛一匹吃草的马,

as a grazing horse does,

交替着腿蹄。

one leg to the other.

马睡着时

But a horse sleeping

腿全都上了锁。

sleeps with all legs locked.