His village home lay there at the end of the waste land, beyond the sugar-cane filed, hidden among the shadow of the banana and the slender areca palm, the coconut and the dark green jack-fruit trees.

他家就在荒地边缘的村落，穿过蔗田、隐约在香蕉和修直的槟榔树，以及椰子和墨绿榴莲的密荫中。