Love Song

The dead do not love the living
because they do not remember
– I love you, because I do remember
small things, having forgotten
how time callously passes on.

At times, the anticipated moment
mixes into voices, laughter, and echoes
in an empty room. A waft
of jasmine traverses fall and winter
to settle over a drizzling night sky.

Today, I heard the God of Death's footsteps
trailing away from me; when I beheld
you who have been crumpled by the world,
an ocean of stored-up love revived me.

- A Zi


情歌

死去的人不爱世人
因为他们不再有回忆
-----我爱你，因为记得
一些小事，而忘记了
时光怎样无情地流逝

有时等待的一刻和
谈笑声，共同回荡在
空荡的房间里。一股
栀子花香穿越秋冬
驻留一直微雨的夜空

今天我才听到死神从我身边
走开的脚步-----当我发现
被尘世揉皱的你，同时因为
蕴藏爱的大海而奇异地崭新

- 阿紫