On the first page of my dreambook

在我的梦想之书的扉页

It’s always evening

印着一个傍晚

In an occupied country.

在一个被占领的国家。

Hour before the curfew.

宵禁前一小时。

A small provincial city.

一个小小的省城。

The houses all dark.

屋里一片漆黑。

The storefronts gutted.

店面被毁。

I am on a street corner

我在街角

Where I shouldn’t be.

那个不应该去的地方。

Alone and coatless

独处而且身无外套

I have gone out to look

我出去察看

For a black dog who answers to my whistle.

一只黑狗回复我的口哨。

I have a kind of Halloween mask

我有一种万圣节面具

Which I am afraid to put on.

我从不敢戴上。