一个孩子勾画一个躯体。

A child draws the outline of a body.

她尽力涂画，依旧是大片的空白，

She draws what she can, but it is white all through,

她无力填满它，靠她所知道的事情。

she cannot fill in what she knows is there.

在那些无用的线条里，她知道

Within the unsupported line, she knows

缺少一些生命；她从别人那儿

that life is missing; she has cut

剪下一块做背景。正如一个孩子，

one background from another. Like a child,

她求向她的母亲。

she turns to her mother.

而你画下一颗心

And you draw the heart

补完她尚有空缺的作品。

against the emptiness she has created.