Through the deep night, a voice cries on and on
那個聲音在深夜里哭了好久

when the sun rises
太陽升起來

the drops of rain sparkle briefly
所有雨滴都閃耀一下

then transform into steam
變成了溫暖的水氣

but I do not go to wipe off the glass
我沒有去擦玻璃

I know that the sky is blue
我知道天很藍

and every tree raises its hair in its hands
每棵樹都齜著頭發

in that sound of snapping castanets
在那“嘎嘎”地錯著響板

would be a big black beetle in search of food
都想成為一只巨大的捕食性昆蟲

Everything is so distant
一切多么遠了

I was once as weak as a morning cicada
我們曾像早晨的蟬一樣軟弱

wings soaked through
翅膀是濕的

and leaves thick, we were young
葉片是厚厚的，我們年輕

knew nothing
什么也不知道，不想知道

and didn't want to know
只知道，夢會飄

all we knew was that the dreams might float up
會把我們帶進白天

might carry us into the daylight
云會在風中走路

clouds might walk along the wind
湖水會把光亮聚成

and the water of the lake might gather the light into flames
閃爍的鏡子

We look out at leaves turning green
我們看著青青的葉片

Still, I didn't want to know
我還是不想知道

and have not got up to wipe off the glass
沒有去擦玻璃

dark green waves of summer rise and fall
墨綠色的夏天波浪起伏

oars knocking, knocking
槳在敲擊

fish parting the glossy current
魚在分開光滑的水流

the smile of the red bathing suit slowly vanishing
紅游泳衣的笑聲在不斷隱沒

everything is so distant
一切多么遠了

and still, the summer procrastinates
那個夏天還在拖延

and now the whispers end
那個聲音已經停止

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