就像安静的裸体修士挤在

Like silent naked monks huddled

一棵老树的残桩周围，

around an old tree stump, having

在夜里它们把自己从思想和虚无中，

spun themselves in the night

编织出来。

out of thought and nothingness—

上帝是如此欣喜于它们的安静，

And God so pleased with their silence

以至于愿意赋予它们牙齿和舌头。

He grants them teeth and tongues.

就像我们。

Like us.

你已经离去了多久？

How long have you been gone?

我的裸臂已经滴满一个孩子的热泪。

A child’s hot tears on my bare arms.ago.