The Other House那栋房子

I come back again to the old house

that I thoughtI knew for most ofa lifetime

the house I reclaimed from abandon and ruin

and thatI called my home at times when I was here

and at times whenl was somewhere far from here

this time I have not come to reclaim anything

but to move nothing and to touch nothing

as thoughlwere a ghost or here in a dream

andl know it is a dream that has no age

in this dream the same river is still here

the house is the old house and I am here in the morning

in the sunlight and the same bird is singing

我又回到了老房子

我以为我熟悉了大半生

我把这栋房子从废弃和废墟中收回来

我在这里的时候有时会给家里打电话

有时当我在远离这里的某个地方

这次我不是来索回任何东西的

但是什么也不要动，什么也不要碰

仿佛我是一个幽灵或者在做梦

我知道这是一个不分年龄的梦

在这个梦里，同一条河还在这里

房子还是老房子，我早上在这里

在阳光下，同一只鸟在歌唱

Notes

1.lifetime 一生，终生

2.reclaim 要求归还；回收

3.abandon 放任，抛弃

4.ruin 毁坏，毁灭；残垣断壁，废墟

5.touch 触摸，碰

6.ghost 鬼，幽灵