From Out the Cave



When you have been at war with yourself for so many years that you have forgotten why

当你和自己斗气多年以致早已忘了原因的时候，

When you have been driving for hours and only gradually begin to realize that you have lost the way

当你开车数小时才逐渐发现自己迷路的时候，

When you have cut hastily into the fabric

当你轻率地剪碎衣服的时候，

When you have signed papers in distraction

当你心不在焉地签字的时候，

When it has been centuries since you watched the sun set or the rain fall

当你仿佛已经几个世纪没有欣赏过太阳或雨点落下，

And the clouds drifting overhead pass as flat as anything on a postcard

以及头顶漂浮着平坦的像明信片上的白云的时候，

When, in the midst of these everyday nightmares, you understand that you could wake up

当你明白你可以每晚从噩梦中惊醒的时候，

You could turn and go back to the last thing you remember doing with your whole heart

你可以回头，回到你记忆中上一次全心全意做的那件事当中。

That passionate kiss

那热情的一吻，

The brilliant drop of love rolling along the tongue of a green leaf

那晶莹的爱情水滴沿着绿叶滚动，

Then you wake

然后你会醒来，

You stumble from your cave

从洞穴中蹒跚而出，

Blinking in the sun

在阳光下眨着眼，

Naming every shadow

为每个影子命名，

As it slips

在它溜走的时候。
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