The world’s gifts to me come unwrapped:a cool breeze on the street,half a watermelon just cut open,a naked moon, the scent of flowers sold loose,and a downpour that caught me halfway home.
世界送我的礼物,从不包装:
街头的一阵凉风,
半块刚切开的西瓜,
裸着的月亮,散装的花香,
还有半路截住我的一场大雨。
What I give back is just as plain —someone soaked through, and still laughing.
我回赠它的,也很简陋——
一个淋湿了,却还在笑的人。
“And so we trade gifts back and forth:it can’t bear to see me sad,and I can’t bear to see it desolate.”
“我们就这样礼尚往来:
它舍不得我难过,
我舍不得它荒凉。”