Maniniwei, in translation by Emily Lu

I’m more liked these days

right now I'm outside     about to pick up my kid

now I'm in the sink full of dishes     admiring adrift food remains 

and the layer of oil     and the vegetable peel island     and the yellow dish detergent

I’m more liked these days     because I can do the dishes

and cook

now I'm in the food I cooked     being swallowed by myself

now I've been properly scrubbed     scrubbed transparent as glass

now I've become a bee     droning in turns

now I've become a cicada     screaming repeatedly

now I'm stuck in a spider web

waiting for rescue     the laundry brush in close pursuit

the sunlight can make mistakes     the wind can blow in a wrong direction

I cannot draw your fur properly     cannot pack this lunch

the basket is overturned 

after eating do not nap     that way you are more liked

but I don't need to be liked, now 

I prefer to change into a swimsuit into someone else

I prefer to change into mom-hands into an egg 

我現在更被人喜歡了

我現在在外面　要去接小孩

我現在在水槽裡盛水的碗　在看漂了菜渣剩飯的水中風景

還有一層油　還有菜瓜布島嶼　還有黃色洗碗精

我現在更被人喜歡了　因為我會洗碗

還會自己做飯

我現在在自己做的飯裡　被我自己吃掉

我現在被好好擦過了　擦得和玻璃一樣透明

我現在變成蜜峰了　嗡嗡在轉

我現在變成蟬　叫了一輪又一輪

我現在被蜘蛛網黏住了

等誰來救我　洗衣刷在後面追我

陽光也會做錯事吧　風也會吹錯方向吧

我沒辦法畫好你的毛髮　裝好這盒飯

那一籃都打翻了

吃飽飯不要睡覺　那樣你會更被人喜歡

我現在也不需要被人喜歡了

我現在喜歡穿上泳衣成為別人

穿上媽媽手成為一顆鷄蛋