MEET ON PAPER

By Nan Yue

As a child

not steady on my legs

I was bursting to run

because little did I think

After grew up

I can scamper but

stopped off for a while

because too much did I think

When didn't konw who am I

I should see you at once

though I couldn't find self

Were you anxious to see me

I'm not the very one you are after

Among lovers discourse

I built ladder with words

climbed up to hill top

glided down to valley below

The game enough to loss lonesome memory

We can only meet on paper

 Los Angeles,2016/ Translated by Chen Zihong

中文原诗：

【纸上见】

小的时候

还没站稳的我

就已急着奔跑

因为我想的很少

大了以后

可以奔跑的我

却停下脚步

因为我想的太多

不知道我是谁的时候

急着去见你

却找不到自我

你急着来看我的时候

我已经不是你要找的那个

围城里

我用文字码梯

自由地爬上山巅

痛快地飘入谷底

这游戏足以让寂寞失忆

我只能在纸上见你

2016.6.2  洛杉矶

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