He needs a kingdom
他需要一個王國,
as the living need water.
就像需要水。
Without water, thirst.
沒有水,他乾渴。
Without a kingdom, misfortune.
沒有王國,他不幸。
In the farm field, he bends,
鄉野上,他彎腰,
tilling, sickling rice.
種田,割稻。
Like wind his big hands
如今,這雙勞動者的手
weave emptiness.
撫摸著虛無的大風。
He needs a kingdom
他需要一個王國,
as the living need a self.
就像需要自身。
Without self, nonexistence.
沒有自身,他無法生存。
Without a kingdom, what road?
沒有王國,他該去哪裏?
Time is a sea shattered whole,
時間是大海:完整,粉碎。
paths at every point.
到處是將行的路。
Perched by the high shore,
他坐在海邊,
he scans for the distant realm.
眺望遙遠的王國。
No king,
但他不是國王,
he’s past all kingdoms.
他甚至在王國之外,
Imagination may rule memory’s ocean,
就像在記憶中,想像是主人
but in what’s imagined, memory claims
而在想像中,記憶找回
the mastery it’s lost.
失去的主人。