Expedition
By myself alone. With one book, one
Containing much blank space, I will find
A barnyard in front of a cave and put up
A shack of palm leaves, watching those
Half-buried rocks in sand randomly
Arranging themselves into a dry landscape.
I will sit on them, one by one, and on each rock
Ponder over the proper name for the newly-formed
Constellation, while the wave sound washes
From the cave like the breath of a giant, waking up memory.
I will exegetise the book with your eyes……
Splendidly colder and warmer, this star chart over the desert island……
Feb. 19, 2008
远行
我将孤身远行，只带走一本书，一本有很多
空白的书，在一口山洞前的空场院
搭一个草棚，看那些半截的石头随意
排列成沙石的山水。
我将一块一块坐过去，一次一次琢磨
该如何命名每一个新的星座。
而风从洞中吹来潮音，
像巨人的呼吸，唤醒记忆。
我将以你们的眼睛注疏我的书……
更闪烁更缤纷，这荒岛上的星图……
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