If I'm

You led the way to off-white walls
你帶領我們走向白牆
and wooden floors and open doors
木質底板與敞開的門
and birds and birds and birds
鳥兒
and all with dusty backs
後面滿是塵土
among these books all leather-jacketed
躋身於這些書和所有的皮夾克
but i could only find, in my own time ,
但我只能在我自己的時間裡找到
the way to Arizona's yellow tent
去亞利桑那州黃色帳篷的路
afloat upon the lake.
漂浮在湖面上
And I'm alone but in another way.
我獨自一人，但在其他方面
I found a black bat tangled in a birch tree.
我發現一隻黑蝙蝠纏在一棵樺樹上
If I'm a body, you're a blanket on me.
如若我是屍體，你就是裹屍布
If I'm a forest youre the field at my feet.
如若我是森林，你就是我腳下的田野
If I'm a corner that the dark backs into
如若我是黑暗背後的角落
you're the darkness that this corner clings to.
你是這個角落所依附的黑暗
If I'm the mountain with the moon above me
如果我是我上方的山與月
I, the mountain, choose the moon to envy.
我，山，選擇月亮來嫉妒
And there's a line on my palm
我的手掌上有一條線
I know it's not very long
我知道它並不長
I know it's not what you want
我知道那不是你想要的
but there's a light in the dark
但這有一束光在黑暗中
and there' ll be light if I'm gone.
如若我離開這裡會有光的