ODE OF TIME
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You're tossed into / Y8 c5 j; v" ?, Z( y2 a
daydreams
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nightmares8 O& l6 _+ s& J
now you stand by the tides of elusiveness! p0 A4 x. b/ B. r. R0 f
watching clouds flutter and fade7 }+ o9 U6 T7 b
in your pale palms
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- ]/ u8 Y6 M5 ~1 uyou sang the praise of time
) H; r# }; Z) E- s! E! ^2 `the old days were gone with grey snows and rocky roads' G4 d; y7 s; p `6 k
the shades of night, shadows of sorrow
/ u4 m+ `, g) V' F* H4 l/ c$ x6 p; wrest on your lavender lips
^3 T" R$ S9 D8 M3 ^9 U( {where a portrait of a woman
" v! t) d' F: _$ D$ N6 t. l9 j# Ghung, rusted and ragged
Q, h/ u2 s" P! ^ W Okissing into the endless emptiness
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; B$ S. H {6 @* ^% z# SYou lit a cigaret with a tiny thread# L3 f2 |" d+ ^
of memories where
2 h& m! _ G* Tvast abyss was enlightened by
! s; K( I8 x7 s/ F M+ yyour screams nobody had ever heard
! |! t1 G$ c# t- g, O0 Sa desire for change. 9 b0 A5 I" y3 N* p( p$ T9 e! m3 g
a smile for sunshine.
! B5 Q* h4 B* p9 k" MThen there was a girl 7 \2 Z" T% m0 U- \) Z$ u* V
standing on your finger-tips
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3 Q6 J3 f* Q; u, i& ?4 k$ k, c, S! |5 ^" ?now that the waves of time have quietly subsided
3 }. `+ c; x* h ^. ^the abyss is full of dark rains( [6 y# O% h( X8 z$ U' V
the red moon is also dying1 M4 n9 F3 Q1 s: _ o9 A
and you shine as if you are
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and my praise to the woman
/ C4 g& }9 ~7 N% E7 ealong with the white winds,
, G, l; S6 _$ K4 f5 U/ ~; `( ?penetrates the shade of white, white clouds4 d; k) \6 E+ F Q9 u% q5 s
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: e2 g2 T1 v" ?4 Q! Q- A2015-08-05, in Beijing
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附中文翻译:. L, s4 t* A6 v* P. D
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作者、翻译:莫笑愚3 s6 D4 P! [3 N8 l5 r
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- \6 Q4 p" d/ f2 t. m" V% x你被丢进白日: D6 s9 C/ }) c
梦中
6 x; e5 G4 k/ U& z% { l你亦曾被噩梦# ]: v8 U2 I& ]. N9 h$ \% a8 q% u
困扰
! v0 }/ p6 T2 E; \# _7 G如今,你站在虚妄的潮汐之浜& p5 [! o. s% @: r
看云朵翻卷弥散
; E( V9 h: N! O) k4 C" i+ g在你苍白的掌心0 h5 f) e! j, }- c% Y- P1 J: ?
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3 w: h9 T a" k6 d( Z7 J你吟唱时间之赞歌9 K" a+ N( o7 V
旧时光随灰色的积雪和崎岖的道路消亡
[) }2 p- V! f4 t夜晚的色调,悲伤之阴影
+ C9 Y5 s' K3 ?) o- B' Y憩息于你薰衣草的唇上
1 T6 {2 N4 f+ n' M/ g那儿有一幅女人的肖像
: i: h4 l1 p, e- o: I% f6 x% V悬挂在空荡荡的墙壁,锈蚀而褴褛
# V9 x* l* n6 G: d- w' `% r5 Z$ I; r一个吻陷入无尽的空旷
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) o* [; y5 k6 {, X你用回忆的细线# W3 `; T: K7 Y" a. Y
点燃一支香烟! V9 B% o2 }2 e, @1 \( g! m) Z
以无人听见的尖叫
_& p$ Y3 t- M& o照亮巨大的深渊
. ^8 j/ [3 {6 t/ t用渴望交换变化。
" X" `) I6 k8 c2 T5 x! Y以微笑获取阳光。
0 L" j* S, g! t; T而后有个女孩0 H6 B6 a2 r( S6 N7 B9 m
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! X8 r) y% i" y! W( u/ p2 t时间的潮汐已悄然消褪
' a$ X: X: F2 f深渊盈满黑暗之雨6 N. e4 ~' ~+ r; S& g8 K l6 J6 O5 o) ~
红月亮也正在死去
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. b1 \$ u1 n) P1 ~仿佛深黑的夜空唯一之星辰4 [7 n1 W; v- f$ ~9 q2 d
而我对这女人的赞美
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穿透白而又白的云翳
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2015年8月5日于北京
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