We lie back to back. Curtains

我们背对背躺着。窗帘

lift and fall,

飘起又落下，

like the chest of someone sleeping.

像某位沉睡的人的胸脯。

Wind moves the leaves of the box elder;

风拂动梣叶槭的叶子；

they show their light undersides,

它们闪现出光亮的底面，

turning all at once

骤然翻转

like a school of fish.

像一群鱼。

Suddenly I understand that I am happy.

突然，我领会到我是幸福的。

For months this feeling

几个月来，这种感觉

has been coming closer, stopping

越来越近，停留

for short visits, like a timid suitor.

做短暂拜访，像一位羞怯的求婚者。