二十个人走过桥梁，

Twenty men crossing a bridge,

进入村庄。

Into a village,

那是二十个人走过二十座桥梁，

Are twenty men crossing twenty bridges,

进入二十座村庄。

Into twenty villages,

或是一个人

Or one man

走过一座桥进入一个村庄。

Crossing a single bridge into a village.

这是一支古老的歌

This is old song

它不会宣泄它自己的意思……

That will not declare itself . . .

二十个人走过桥梁，

Twenty men crossing a bridge,

进入村庄。

Into a village,

那是

Are

二十个人走过一座桥

Twenty men crossing a bridge

进入一个村庄。

Into a village.

这村庄不愿显露自己

That will not declare itself

但肯定有自己的意思……

Yet is certain as meaning . . .

人们的靴子踏上

The boots of the men clump

桥梁的边缘，

On the boards of the bridge.

村庄的第一座白墙

The first white wall of the village

自果树丛中升起。

Rises through fruit-trees.

我在想些什么？

Of what was it I was thinking?

而意思已逃离自身。

So the meaning escapes.

那村庄的第一座白墙……

The first white wall of the village . . .

那果树林……

The fruit-trees . . .