Month: June 2020

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Wu Bai

Norwegian Wood (挪威的森林)–by Wu Bai (伍佰)

Let me take away your heart
Let it melt
Let me see if I’m still perfect in your heart.

Do you still miss me?
Do you still love me so badly?
Do you still have some places in your heart where I have not been?

You told me a sincere heart can always come back.
True love will always last.
But why the sadness of your loneliness remains in your eyes?

Or am I only your temporary shelter
to fill a hole in your mind?
When could I stay in the woods of your heart?

The lake there must be so clear.
The air there must be so calm.
Snow and the Moon shine on the ground
where hides some of your forbidden memories.

Or shouldn’t I ask?
I shouldn’t stir up your calmness.
But I love you beyond any boundaries.
I wanna own everything of you.

Yes! I shouldn’t ask.
I shouldn’t remind you those old memories.
But when could I be free from the bondage in my heart?

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Faith Yang

Just Like (如一) — by Naiwen Yang (楊乃文)

What is less? What is more?
What is special? What is mediocre?
I don’t think I see it through, but am not puzzled.
I don’t think I’m stubborn, but have not yet forgetten.

I wanna be like wind, having no form but staying together.
be like a cup of water, neither thick or thin.
be like a dream that seems real but also has never existed.

Why do I have to understand? Why do I have to ask?
Why do we have to compare? Why do we have to be the same?
That is not right, but also not wrong.
That is not the cause, but also not the effect.

I wanna be like wind, sometimes stay sometimes disperse.
be like a cup of water, being thick and also thin.
be like a dream that doesn’t exist but seriously exists.

I wanna have a heart that doesn’t hate or love.
be like a star that is neither bright nor dim.
be like a person, who doesn’t fear pain, and thus I will never be afraid of not having a free life.

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