What planet are you from, stranger?

不止我一个人怀疑

You have an outer space violin in your left ear

你是来自另一个星球的神秘生物

that plays a string of quiet clouds

你的左耳里有一把外太空的小提琴

in the noisy subway.

能够在嘈杂的地铁里

I suspected it, and others, too, suspected it

演奏出一团安静的星云

and, true: you have a strange device on your retina

你的视网膜上有奇怪的科技

that can always catch the small ads falling from the sky

总能在大街上发现一两张

through the windy air down to the streets.

穿过大气层陨落下来的小广告

Even the sleeping fats in your body are suspiciously

甚至连你身上那些沉睡的脂肪

beautiful. I worry that one day you will

都美得极其可疑

wing your way back to that other planet with the potato chips

它们是你藏在皮肤下的翅膀

that are left in your hands decorating your big wings.

我总担心有一天你会

And I will be left here alone trying to decipher

挥动着缀满薯片的大翅膀飞回外星

your space diary written in rain and snow.

留下我孤独地破译

I worry. I always worry. But fortunately I’ve snapped a wavelength

你写在一滴雨、一片雪里的宇宙日记

of your planet by pulling out a poetic antenna

好在今天早上你在厨房做饭的时候

in the back of my head

我偷偷地拉开了后脑勺的诗歌天线

while you are cooking in the kitchen. You are cooking again

截获了一段你那个星球的电波

this morning. A little voice of alien vowels issues an order

一个很有爱的异次元声音

to the woodpecker

正向我们家阳台五米远处

five meters from our balcony: Let her stay there life-long

一颗老槐树上的啄木鸟下达指令：

undercover

让她在他身边作终身卧底

at his side, don’t try to wake her up.

千万不要试图把她唤醒