水之彼

The other side of the water

我形有影。在聆听，

makes a figure of me. Who listens,

日之夕矣，如今我再不能

at dusk, now I can no longer

视若无睹。

pretend no one is there.

尚能无视的时候我是谁？

Who was I when I could?

我曾唱着。

I was singing.

一首情歌。

A love song.

高昂。

High.

一个孩子，

A child,

试图动吭一呼，闻者兴起。

trying to call it on.

所有的话语都是憾而未成的音乐，

All speech is failed music,

他说。一个我终究没能让他爱上我的人

a man I failed to make love me had said

对坐饮咖啡时，重复别人的话。

over coffee, paraphrasing someone.