We lie back to back. Curtains

我们背靠背躺着。窗帘

lift and fall,

升起又落下，

like the chest of someone sleeping.

像一个沉睡的人起伏的胸膛。

Wind moves the leaves of the box elder;

风吹动梣叶枫，

they show their light undersides,

它们叶子背面的光

turning all at once

倏尔闪现

like a school of fish.

像一群鱼。

Suddenly I understand that I am happy.

突然我明白了我很快乐。

For months this feeling

几个月来这种感觉

has been coming closer, stopping

越来越近，时不时

for short visits, like a timid suitor.

短暂来访，像一个羞怯的求爱者。