一个孩子在画身体的轮廓。

A child draws the outline of a body.

她画她会画的一切，但通体都是白的。

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

她知道那儿是什么，却没法填充起来。

she cannot fill in what she knows is there.

在没有支撑的线条里面，她知道

Within the unsupported line, she knows

缺少了生命；她漏掉了

that life is missing; she has cut

一个又一个背景。像一个孩子，

one background from another. Like a child,

她向妈妈求助。

she turns to her mother.

而你画了那颗心

And you draw the heart

抵抗她刚刚创造的空虚。

against the emptiness she has created.