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daydreams5 n" Q& }7 w- g3 P3 B4 |
you've suffered from ; S- G/ t1 {/ C. ?# G
nightmares
' g; s) G6 F+ F3 {0 P) m: ^now you stand by the tides of elusiveness
0 _3 E& M# Q+ Dwatching clouds flutter and fade
- r& G" M' c( ]( d% a, cin your pale palms
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( Z& r# i$ c& d0 G C+ ryou sang the praise of time8 x7 I W2 J, [! Q7 G
the old days were gone with grey snows and rocky roads+ m+ J* }. S, k, P. E
the shades of night, shadows of sorrow
# u9 S9 W3 p: Z4 O$ _) ]. [9 lrest on your lavender lips
4 P6 `7 }. ^: Dwhere a portrait of a woman+ ?# ^0 }- J1 }, @# R2 Q
hung, rusted and ragged1 w- T2 c( }: B' Z" ^# \) d
kissing into the endless emptiness
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You lit a cigaret with a tiny thread
! x* `6 T; l. Tof memories where
7 t6 J6 r9 q' ~' ~vast abyss was enlightened by
3 P1 P6 Z! J- m- |2 ]$ R. O# W8 v5 ^your screams nobody had ever heard
$ j2 O7 ?7 S$ j2 T5 P& s0 xa desire for change. ' e% R. M3 p: _/ g; v7 M' @
a smile for sunshine.
7 X9 ]5 W3 V3 D' |Then there was a girl
. y: U& D |- n9 H- nstanding on your finger-tips
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now that the waves of time have quietly subsided! d/ N: H0 v) `4 Q3 v- a3 W# m
the abyss is full of dark rains
# Y; H' ]+ X4 E7 w1 Bthe red moon is also dying7 w7 |/ n, H9 o: ^8 f, d' n) b9 q4 }
and you shine as if you are" E$ V0 q9 o+ I0 W6 H7 ~, s+ |
the only star in the deep dark sky at night& P, O. c/ P3 |( b
and my praise to the woman
+ U3 _8 s% ^% j! ~+ A2 Yalong with the white winds,8 y& I' A2 i6 k. c$ O5 U- h
penetrates the shade of white, white clouds: m! b4 ^8 r: H. Y M! t" a
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6 X: i8 ?) f: i! e* d% S2015-08-05, in Beijing
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j. S/ o. Q' s% h时光颂
* @; p. Q: I% J' u! p R+ z作者、翻译:莫笑愚" e( l* B, h3 T
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你被丢进白日
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+ ^% l1 |) m4 U; _) W7 B: U你亦曾被噩梦
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7 c( g6 Y2 V! T+ A5 M7 b如今,你站在虚妄的潮汐之浜
8 t+ [! |2 Y: j* t7 C1 v5 H+ u看云朵翻卷弥散4 I# \* [% e' B. k3 X0 f
在你苍白的掌心
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$ e( H6 V5 n% ~8 `, v. Y6 K6 A你吟唱时间之赞歌
7 g9 Q" ? R7 [旧时光随灰色的积雪和崎岖的道路消亡
9 P) b4 G$ {* a2 E夜晚的色调,悲伤之阴影6 }3 t' K# I, N
憩息于你薰衣草的唇上
/ k& F5 | o) _/ n- _那儿有一幅女人的肖像
5 c+ w$ Q7 O9 E4 m& N/ b6 g9 E/ |悬挂在空荡荡的墙壁,锈蚀而褴褛
" ^1 \( _5 n; [一个吻陷入无尽的空旷
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你用回忆的细线
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以无人听见的尖叫8 K0 O ~) U% n
照亮巨大的深渊
7 Z, t# [& N2 r, f用渴望交换变化。
7 v" J1 O* F. k9 d6 v以微笑获取阳光。& F6 h1 K% E% P9 S' V) A9 d
而后有个女孩: P& r9 }; C3 }+ a
玉立于你的指尖上( l8 b1 ]; ]4 l
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时间的潮汐已悄然消褪
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红月亮也正在死去
! s/ G9 {$ u ~但你却晶莹闪亮
8 e/ H/ Y4 y- Z仿佛深黑的夜空唯一之星辰
+ z6 D$ u+ [. i4 l5 V3 A而我对这女人的赞美: f; V* c8 X! K
与白色的风一道( h. i7 _- S( x( K
穿透白而又白的云翳8 d3 ~4 V6 N8 h9 c5 T
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2015年8月5日于北京1 z F& }2 |, J# V1 b6 V7 m' `1 W
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