海洋,不要害怕。
Ocean, don’t be afraid.
路的尽头远在前面
The end of the road is so far ahead
它已在我们身后。
it is already behind us.
不用担心。你父亲只是你父亲
Don’t worry. Your father is only your father
直到你们中一个人忘记。就像脊椎如何
until one of you forgets. Like how the spine
不记得它的翅膀
won’t remember its wings
无论我们的膝盖多少次
no matter how many times our knees
亲吻人行道。海洋。
kiss the pavement. Ocean,
你在听吗?你身体
are you listening? The most beautiful part
最美的部分
of your body is wherever
是你母亲影子落下的地方。
your mother's shadow falls.
这是房子,童年在这里
Here's the house with childhood
缩减为单根红色地雷线。
whittled down to a single red trip wire.
不用担心。就叫它地平线
Don't worry. Just call it horizon
&你永远无法抵达。
& you'll never reach it.
这是今天。跳吧。我保证这不是
Here's today. Jump. I promise it's not
一艘救生艇。这是那个人
a lifeboat. Here's the man
他的手臂足够宽阔,可以聚拢
whose arms are wide enough to gather
你的离去。&这是如此一刻,
your leaving. & here the moment,
就在灯光熄灭后,你仍然能看到
just after the lights go out, when you can still see
他两腿之间微弱的火把。
the faint torch between his legs.
你如何一次&又一次用它
How you use it again & again
来寻找自己的手。
to find your own hands.
你要的是第二次机会
You asked for a second chance
&得到一张可以清空的嘴。
& are given a mouth to empty out of.
不要害怕,枪声
Don't be afraid, the gunfire
只是人们试图活得
is only the sound of people
更久一点的声音
trying to live a little longer
&失败的声音。海洋。海洋——
& failing. Ocean. Ocean —
起来吧。你身体最美的部分
get up. The most beautiful part of your body
是它前进的方向。&记住,
is where it's headed. & remember,
孤独仍然是
loneliness is still time spent
与世界相处的时间。这是
with the world. Here's
每个人都在里面的房间。
the room with everyone in it.
你死去的朋友穿过
Your dead friends passing
你,像风
through you like wind
穿过风铃。这是一张桌子
through a wind chime. Here's a desk
带着瘸腿&一块砖头
with the gimp leg & a brick
使其持久。是的,这是一个房间
to make it last. Yes, here's a room
如此温暖&血脉相通。
so warm & blood-close,
我发誓,你会醒来——
I swear, you will wake —
&误以为这些墙壁
& mistake these walls
是皮肤。
for skin.