You never liked to get
你从来就不想收到
The letters that I sent.
我给你的信
But now you’ve got the gist
但是你现在终于找到
Of what my letters meant.
我信里真实的含义
You’re reading them again,
你把那些你没烧掉的信翻出来
The ones you didn’t burn.
重读一遍
You press them to your lips,
你吻了吻我的信
My pages of concern.
那里有充满关怀的话
I said there’d been a flood.
我告诉你这儿发生了水灾
I said there’s nothing left.
我告诉你什么都没留下
I hoped that you would come.
我想着你会来这儿
I gave you my address.
我给你留了地址
Your story was so long,
你的故事太长了
The plot was so intense,
情节又很复杂
It took you years to cross
你花了好几年的时间
The lines of self-defense.
才穿过那条防线
The wounded forms appear:
受伤的形象渐渐浮现
The loss, the full extent;
失落达到最大极限
And simple kindness here,
还有简单的温柔
The solitude of strength.
坚强的寂寞
I said there’d been a flood.
我告诉你这儿发生了水灾
I said there’s nothing left.
我告诉你什么都没留下
I hoped that you would come.
我想着你会来这儿
I gave you my address.
我给你留了地址
You walk into my room.
你走进我的房间
You stand there at my desk,
站在我的桌子边
Begin your letter to
你开始写给
The one who’s coming next
下一个来客
Begin your letter to
你开始写信给
The one who’s coming next
下一个来客