Now we will count to twelve

让我们从一数到十二，

and we will all keep still.

然后大家静一静。

For once on the face of the earth

让我们试一试，在地球上

let’s not speak in any language,

住口不讲任何语言，

let’s stop for one second,

安静一秒钟，

and not move our arms so much.

让我们停止动手。

It would be an exotic moment

想必是神妙的一刻，

without rush, without engines,

不慌不忙，没有机车，

we would all be together

在瞬息的不安中，

in a sudden strangeness.

让我们互相靠紧。

Fishermen in the cold sea

在寒冷的海上，

would not harm whales

让渔夫停止捕杀鲸鱼，

and the man gathering salt

让采盐的人

would look at his hurt hands.

看看自己劳损的手。

Those who prepare green wars,

制造绿色战争的人，

wars with gas, wars with fire,

制造瓦斯弹烧夷弹的人，

victory with no survivors,

赶尽杀绝的胜利者，

would put on clean clothes

让他们换上干净衣裳，

and walk about with their brothers

什么都不干，只跟兄弟们

in the shade, doing nothing.

去树阴下散步。

What I want should not be confused

别误会，我并非

with total inactivity.

要求无所事事：

Life is what it is about;

我只要求生活，

I want no truck with death.

我不要跟死亡打交道。

If we were not so single-minded

即使我们不能同意

about keeping our lives moving,

改变自己的生活，

and for once could do nothing,

也许片刻的深沉静默

perhaps a huge silence

能够暂时消除这种悲哀。

might interrupt this sadness

这种无尽期的隔膜，

of never understanding ourselves

和互相取命的恐吓，

and of threatening ourselves with death.

也许大地会教会我们领悟

Perhaps the earth can teach us

当一切似乎已经死去，

as when everything seems dead

其实却还活着。

and later proves to be alive.

现在跟我数到十二，

Now I’ll count up to twelve

等你们静下来，我便走。

and you keep quiet and I will go.