December Night

十二月的夜晚

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The cold slope is standing in darkness

是夜寒冷的斜坡于黑暗中佇立

But the south of the trees is dry to the touch

樹葉的南面卻因干燥而無法觸碰

The heavy limbs climb into the moonlight bearing feathers

粗重的樹干伸向載著羽毛的月光

I came to watch these

White plants older at night

我開始注視著這些在夜間變老的白色植物

The oldest

那最為蒼老的

Come first to the ruins

已走向衰亡

And I hear magpies kept awake by the moon

我聽見喜鵲醒于月色

The water flows through its

Own fingers without end

流水穿過它的指頭，無窮無盡

Tonight once more

今夜，再一次

I find a single prayer and it is not for men

我找尋到一個形單影只的祈禱者??

他與人類無關

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