一个汉字，

a Chinese character,

我盯着它。

as I stares at it.

它自己打开了，

It opens itself,

连它最隐秘的部分，

till I notices 

也被我察觉。

its most secret parts.

一个汉字，

a Chinese character 

自己打开，

opens itself

又自己闭合。

and closes itself.

这中间的间歇，

the blank between them,

花掉了我的一生。

takes my life away.