Words, Wide Night

Written by Carol Ann Duffy

Somewhere on the other side of this wide night

and the distance between us, I am thinking of you.

The room is turning slowly away from the moon.

This is pleasurable. Or shall I cross that out and say

it is sad? In one of the tenses I singing

an impossible song of desire that you cannot hear.

La lala la. See? I close my eyes and imagine

the dark hills I would have to cross

to reach you. For I am in love with you and this

is what it is like or what it is like in words.

无言的暗夜

无边暗夜的某一处，某一边

我们之间遥遥相隔，我想起了你。

月光慢慢移出房间。

这是快乐的。或者我应该抛开这想法，说

这是悲伤的？用某种时态，我唱着

你无法听到的，一支不成曲的希望之歌。

啦啦啦啦，听到了吗？我闭上眼睛，想象

我穿越黑黢黢的山

来到你身边。因为我爱着你，而这

就是爱，任何言辞也难以表达。