At five a man fell to the ground

And the watch flew off his wrist

Like a moon struck from the earth

Marking a blank time that stares

On the tides of change beneath.

All under the olive trees.

A stopwatch and an ordnance map.

He stayed faithfully in that place

From his living comrade split

By dividers of the bullet

Opening wide the distances

Of his final loneliness.

 

All under the olive trees.

A stopwatch and an ordnance map.

And the bones are fixed at five

Under the moon's timelessness;

But another who lives on

Wears within his heart forever

Space split open by the bullet.

All under the olive trees. 

 

一顆碼表、一張軍用地圖

五點時有士兵倒地

手錶自腕上飛落

就如衛星拋離地球

時間因而停滯凝望

下方事態起伏

盡在橄欖樹蔭中

一顆碼表、一張軍用地圖

他老實待在那處

離開存活的同袍

子彈如圓規，兩腳岔出殊途

其間的寬廣距離

徒留永恆孤寂

 

盡在橄欖樹蔭中

一顆碼表、一張軍用地圖

五點時遺骨落定

無盡的月光映照

而活下的另一人

心中永長存

子彈劃出的寬廣距離

盡在橄欖樹蔭中