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Artist: Li Zhi (李志)
Song: 克蘭河 (Kè lán hé)

克兰河

我从一场噩梦醒来
感觉你模糊的影子在窗头
抓也抓不住
拿起一堆破碎的石头
画出每个时期你的笑容
只有黑白
河流 有时快有时慢
生活 有人恨有人爱

墙上爬过一只蜘蛛
在十一点十八分的寂静上午
屋子南偏西
我经常在这个时间
经历意料之中的台风和雾霾
霜降或端午
然后你笑了 就飞了
然后你醒了 就老了

Kelan River

I woke up from a nightmare,
felt your shadow by the window,
fleeing my sight and fingertip.
I grab a handful of shattered pebbles,
portraying your smile of every epoch,
without a color.
Fast or slow, the river always flows;
Hate it or love it, life always goes.

A spider ran across the wall,
at eleven eighteen of a silent morning.
The window opens Southwest,
where I stand through those typhoon and smog,
from the forecast in this hour,
from frost’s descent to the summer rain.
Then you smiled and flew away;
then you woke up and went old.

Submitted by anders.wang

Author’s comments:
克兰河: River that runs through the Altai Prefecture of Xinjiang, China, and converges into the Irtysh River.
霜降: One of the 24 Chinese Solar Terms, usually around Oct. 23.
端午: The Dragon Boat Festival in early summer. I didn’t translate it literally.

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