席慕容--双语诗歌

Predestination

A poem by Xi Murong

诗/席慕容

Should man really be reincarnated¹,

人若真能转世 

Had the samsara of life truly occurred.

世间若真有轮回

So my love, what in prior lives could we have been?

那麽 我的爱 我们前世曾经是什麽

If you were a southern girl of lotus-picking,

你若曾是江南采莲的女子 

I could have been a lotus that your pale wrist is missing.

我必是你皓腕下错过的那朵

If you were a truant² urchin³,

你若曾是逃学的顽童 

I could have been a brand new hoodle

我必是从你袋中掉下的那颗崭新的弹珠 

Slipping through your pocket and in the grass by the road,

在路旁的草丛中 

Peeping you far off but not in the know.

目送你毫不知情地远去

If you were a monk⁴ always meditating⁵ to face the wall,

你若曾是面壁的高僧

I could have been an incense⁶ in front of the hall,

我必是殿前的那一柱香 

Burning for a serene⁷ time to accompany you.

焚烧著 陪伴过你一段静默的时光

Even though we've thus encountered in the present life,

因此 今生相逢 

Always lingering is a feel that our predestination

总觉得有些前缘未尽

Has not fully⁸ fulfilled, but too vague to discern

却又很恍忽 无法仔细地去分辨

And yet to detail you.

无法一一地向你说出 

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