We Came This Way to Know the Evening
translated by Steven Bradbury
Here’s a riddle:
What is
Square
Green
And small?
No need to cast our thoughts too far
The answer is itself
Square
Green
And small
The answer is the thing
Itself
I eased my left hand into a child’s glove
And with the hand of a child caressed his face
He rather liked the novelty of this
Multicolored glove
I too wallow in indolence
Broken conversation out of synch
Lose no time in turning the room into a sandy strand
We gave up everything
We lay upon the sand
We came this way to know the evening
就這樣認識了晚上
一個謎題
猜一樣東西：
方形的
綠色的
小小的
不必想太遠
謎底就是它自己
方形的
綠色的
小小的
謎底就是這個東西
它自己
我把左手套進一隻小孩的手套
用小孩的手摸他的臉
他有點喜歡這個改變
手套色彩斑斕
我也很懶散
不對稱不連續談話
迅速把房間變成沙灘
我們大家全都放棄了
我們在那沙灘上
我們就這樣認識了晚上
2就這樣認識了晚上
