一个孩子画着一幅人体轮廓。

A child draws the outline of a body.

她画她所能画的，但全是空白，

She draws what she can, but it is white all through,

她不能在那填入她知道的东西。

she cannot fill in what she knows is there.

在无支撑的线条内，她知道

Within the unsupported line, she knows

生命正在消失；她切换

that life is missing; she has cut

一个又一个背景。象个孩子

one background from another. Like a child,

她转向她的母亲。

she turns to her mother.

而你画那颗心

And you draw the heart

用以抵付她创造的空虚。

against the emptiness she has created.