憂思天下，或許 To be worry-ridden worldly, perhaps
不是癌症一般的 wouldn’t have been as hard to treat
難以治療 as the carcinma
只要 should
伸手取來落日藥丸 the hand stretch to get the sunset pill
就著洶湧的海 and by the torrential sea
暢快地 cheerfully
送下喉嚨 wash it down the throat
Translated by John Xi
九○年八月十五日台灣「聯合報」副刊
