我的母亲害怕这个世界。

My mother is scared of the world.

她在结婚40年后离开了我的父亲。

She left my father after forty years.

她说：“结婚纪念日快乐，再见”，差不多就是这样。

She was like, Happy anniversary, goodbye;

我尊重她的选择。

I respect that.

今天的月亮有些晃眼，但它是

The moon tonight is dazzling, is full

圆满的吗？好像还不够圆。

of itself ? but not quite full.

“一个男人不应当爱上月亮”，米洛斯说。

A man should not love the moon, said Milosz.

“不应当真正爱上”。他在翻译自己的话。

Not exactly. He translated himself

一个男人不应当爱上翻译；

into saying it. A man should not love translation;

这个世界上有太多我不能理解的事物。一小时之前

there’s so much I can’t know. An hour ago,

和一个我觉得我可以去喜欢的人轧马路，

marking time with someone I would like to like,

我们路过一棵树听到蟋蟀的叫声

we passed some trees and there were crickets

（蟋蟀！）在迪维萨德罗车站旁边鸣叫。

(crickets!) chirping right off Divisadero.

我碰到了他的手，在一个冰冷的瞬间

I touched his hand, and for a cold moment

我觉得自己变回了一个小孩子，

I was like a child again,

没有更多，也没有更少。

nothing more, nothing less.