The other side of the water

水之彼

makes a figure of me. Who listens,

我形有影。在聆听，

at dusk, now I can no longer

日之夕矣，如今我再不能

pretend no one is there.

视若无睹。

Who was I when I could?

尚能无视的时候我是谁？

I was singing.

我曾唱着。

A love song.

一首情歌。

High.

高昂。

A child,

一个孩子，

trying to call it on.

试图动吭一呼，闻者兴起。

All speech is failed music,

所有的话语都是憾而未成的音乐，

a man I failed to make love me had said

他说。一个我终究没能让他爱上我的人

over coffee, paraphrasing someone.

对坐饮咖啡时，重复别人的话。