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    20th February 2012

    Beautiful Sentiments 美麗的心情

    Beautiful Sentiments

    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka)

    Let’s pretend
    Life is a train
    racing to reach the next stop

    Joy and Sorrow, are
    the twin tracks following
    closely behind me

    Sometimes they may blur into
    each other
    Or, they pass by
    much too hurried

    Unless you slow down
    and observe the past from afar
    only then
    would you taste the bittersweet
    of clarity

    And so, only when it
    is already too late
    could you properly discern
    these regretless,
    beautiful sentiments.

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    美麗的心情

    假如生命是一列

    疾馳而過的火車

    快樂和傷悲 就是

    那兩條鐵軌

    在我身後 緊緊追隨

    所有的時刻都很倉皇而又模糊

    除非你能停下來 遠遠地回顧

    只有在回首的剎那

    才能得到一種清明的

    酸辛 所以 也只有

    在太遲了的時候

    才能細細揣摩出 一種

    無悔的 美麗的 心情

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    13th February 2012

    Predestined 前緣

    Predestined
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka) 

    If people may have multiple
    lifetimes
    If reincarnation indeed
    exists –
    then, my Love
    what were we
    in our previous encounters

    If you were
    a maiden
    picking lotuses
    on the riverbanks of Jiangnan
    I, must had
    been the blossom that slipped
    your fair fingers

    If you were
    a young child
    skipping out on school
    I, must had
    been the brand new marble
    that fell from your pocket
    onto the side paths
    and watched you walk away,
    without noticing
    my disappearance

    If you were
    a devout student of Buddha
    silently praying in the great hall
    I, must had
    been the strand of incense
    accompanying you in meditation
    as I slowly became
    nothing but a scent

    Perhaps, because of this
    when I met you in
    this life
    I felt that
    our fates were once
    intertwined  

    I knew, yet, alas,
    I could not speak it,
    I could not explain it
    I could not tell you
    how we were
    predestined.
    ---

    T/N: Took a bit of liberties on this one… for the sake of art! :D Happy V-day!

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     前緣  

    人若真能轉世   世間若真有輪迴
    那麼
      我的愛   我們前世曾經是什麼

    你   若曾是江南採蓮的女子
    我
      必是你皓腕下錯過的那朵

    你   若曾是逃學的頑童
    我
      必是從你袋中掉下的那顆嶄新的彈珠
    在路旁的草叢中
      目送你毫不知情地遠去

    你若曾是面壁的高僧   我必是殿前的那一柱香
    焚燒著
      陪伴過你一段靜默的時光

    因此
      今生相逢   總覺得有些前緣未盡
    卻又很恍忽
      無法仔細地去分辨   無法一一地向你說出 

     

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    5th February 2012

    Fate’s Awakening 緣起

    Fate’s Awakening
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka) 

     Amidst the water lilies
    I entrusted my life
    to you

    There was no time
    to ponder
    to contemplate
    to consider

    There was nothing
    we could have planned.

    Before the interlocking folds
    of lotus leaves
    you turned and glanced
    at me

    that was when
    all was settled
    on just such an afternoon
    filled with the fragrance
    of flowers
    in full bloom. 

     ---

    T/N: Happy Chinese V-day! :D

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    緣起 

    就在眾荷之間 

    我把我的一生都 

    交付給你了

    沒有什麼可以斟酌

    可以來得及盤算

    是的 沒有什麼

    可以由我們來安排的啊

    在千層萬層的蓮葉之前

    當你一回眸

    有很多事情就從此決定了

    在那樣一個 充滿了

    花香的 午後

     

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    19th January 2012

    By Your Side 與你同行

    By Your Side
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka) 

    I have always wanted to
    walk with you
    on that beautiful
    mountain trail.
    Gentle winds, fluffy clouds 
    and you by my side,
    listening to my 
    joy-filled and 
    grateful Heart.

    Really, mine is a tiny
    insignificant wish:
    just the memory of one
    such summer day
    just to have lived
    that once.

    Yet what greeted me
    day after day
    were unexpected events
    and so many trivial mistakes
    that slowly rifted a gulf
    between you and I
    Alas, tonight, I finally
    understand
     
    All the joy and sorrow 
    have become
    dying embers amid ashes
    No matter which path I take
    I would never again be
    by your side.

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    與你同行
     
    我一直想要   和你一起   
    走上那條美麗的山路
    有柔風   有白雲   有你在我身旁
    傾聽我快樂和感激的心

     我的要求其實很微小  
    只要有過那樣的一個夏日
    只要走過   那樣的一次

     而朝我迎來的   日復以夜  
    卻都是一些不被料到的安排
    還有那麼多瑣碎的錯誤  
    將我們慢慢地慢慢地隔開
    讓今夜的我   終於明白

     所有的悲歡都已成灰燼  
    任世間哪一條路
    我都不能
    與你同行

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    5th January 2012

    The Four Seasons 四季

    The Four Seasons
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka)

    1.
    Let me believe, my love
    that this is my story
    Just like, letting me believe that
    Letting it bloom
    Letting it bloom
    is the entire story
    of Spring.

    2.
    If you can forget, then perhaps
    I can as well
    Let all the tears
    freeze upon my heart
    Or let them decorate the peerless sky
    of a Summer Night.

    3.
    When the wind rises
    all I can do is
    tighten my collar
    to protect my still-strumming heart
    from the intrusion of
    Autumn.

    4.
    Because I could not grow
    where it would snow
    in my lifetime,
    I could not utter that wish. 
    I was a transplanted evergreen
    My love – you are that land in the far North
    Winter, my home.

     

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    四季

    1
    讓我相信 親愛的
    這是我的故事
    就好像 讓我相信
    花開 花開
    就是整個春季的歷史

    2
    你若能忘記 那麼
    我應該也可以
    把所有的淚珠都冰凝在心中
    或者 將它們綴上
    那夏夜的無垠的天空

    3
    而當風起的時候
    我也只不過緊一緊衣裾
    護住我那仍在低唱的心
    不讓秋來偷聽

    4
    只為 不能長在落雪的地方
    終我一生 無法說出那個盼望
    我是一棵被移植的針葉木
    親愛的 你是那極北的
    冬日的故土

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    15th August 2011

    Silk Worm 春蠶

    Silk Worm 
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka)

    Just for
    those glorious Wings
    that I’ve always dreamt
    would sprout
    after my
    Transformation,
    and
    your eternal waiting

    In this life
    I willingly became
    a lonely silk worm
    locked in a golden
    cocoon

    Hoping for that
    Promise from
    the next life. 

     

    春蠶 

    只因 總在揣想
    想幻化而出時
    將會有絢爛的翼
    和你永遠的等待
    今生 我才甘心
    做一隻寂寞的春蠶
    在金色的繭裏
    期待著一份來世的
    許諾

     

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    16th August 2010

    As the Mist Rises 霧起時

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    As the Mist Rises
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka) 

     

    As the Mist rises
    I rest in your arms.
    In this forest
    a sweet, comforting
    fragrance pervades,
    filled with the times of youth
    that are on insistent replay.

     

    After the Mist dissipated
    a lifetime
    has past.
    Amidst the desolate mountains
    and muted lakes in
    this crowd of tens of thousands
    there remains that single

     

    Silhouette
    that I would never forget.
    ---
    T/N: Another year, another Chinese V-day. Happy Chinese V-day everyone! This poem actually fits the original story of Chinese V-day too, except the mist would be the birdies. ☺


    霧起時

    霧起時 我就在你的懷裡
    這林間 充滿了濕潤的芳香
    充滿了那不斷要重現的少年時光

    霧散後 卻已是一生
    山空湖靜 只剩下那 在千人萬人中
    也絕不會錯認的背影

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    18th July 2010

    Realization 悟

    Realization

    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka)

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    The Hibiscus
    the maiden picked
    as she crossed the river
    was but an event
    of Yesterday.

    The clouds that
    have been adrift
    for millenniums
    over the river
    left but a few
    anonymous Poems.

    So then,
    how would
    my experiences today
    be any different?

    The Love that
    tormented me with such tears
    on a backward glance
    would seem
    only but a
    Dream.

    悟
    那女子涉江采下的芙蓉
    也不過是昨日的事
    而江上千載的白雲
    也只不過 只留下了
    幾首佚名的詩
    那麼 我今天的經歷
    又有些甚麼不同
    曾讓我那樣流淚的愛情
    在回首時 也不過
    恍如一夢

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    11th July 2010

    Actor 戲子

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    Actor
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka)

    Please,
    do not be fooled by my Beauty
    oh, and please,
    do not be fooled by my Love
    beneath this oil-painted facade
    my heart is that of an
    Actor.

    So please,
    remember not to
    take my sorrow as true
    and please,
    do not break your heart
    over my performance.

    My dear friend
    in this world, this life
    I am only an Actor
    who partakes in the story
    of others

    crying my own
    Tears.
    ---
    T/N: This is very close to how I felt for many years of my life…

    戲子

    請不要相信我的美麗
    也不要相信我的愛情
    在塗滿了油彩的面容之下
    我有的是顆戲子的心
    所以 請千萬不要
    不要把我的悲哀當真
    也別隨著我的表演心碎
    親愛的朋友 今生今世
    我只是個戲子
    永遠在別人的故事裡
    流著自己的淚

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    27th June 2010

    Zen (2) 禪意(二)

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    Zen (2)
    (席慕容 Xi Murong,Translation: Aka)

    When everything is done and gone
    I know
    I will slowly
    forget you
    and let the weight on my heart
    fall.

    Please, would you, please
    forgive me.

    Life is meant for
    endless wounds and healing
    But the world remains
    a garden that patiently awaits
    my arrival.

    The brilliant blue of the sky
    The soothing green of the trees
    Life could be
    so beautiful, in peace.

    禪意(二)
    當一切都已過去
    我知道
    我會慢慢地將你忘記
    心上的重擔卸落
    請你 請你原諒我
    生命原是要
    不斷地受傷和不斷地復原
    世界仍然是一個
    在溫柔地等待著我成熟的果園
    天這樣藍 樹這樣綠
    生活原來可以
    這樣的安寧和 美麗

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