忒修斯的船 - Hua Chenyu перевод на английский

忒修斯的船

不必用束浪花掩飾魚群誇誕的贊美
風和蜜釀的酒塞滿船艙 自由是結構
而當船員學著赦免暗礁 我學著拼湊
那艘新造的船仍舊是我嗎?

它沉默不語啊

時間之海將我淹埋 從降生到殘骸
迎風而來 搖曳或枯萎
將命運之歌深埋 遺留潮汐的鐘擺
更換靈魂再裝載 散落成纖維

別聽海鷗炫耀天空溫馴 才揚起風暴
偶遇裂縫造訪船身搖晃 夜幕中祈禱
而帆赤裸相告漂流的人 "這並非盡頭"
那艘斑駁的船已被誰遺忘?

你為何不作答?

時間之海將我淹埋 從降生到殘骸
迎風而來 搖曳或枯萎
將命運之歌深埋 遺留潮汐的鐘擺
更換靈魂再裝載 若無際蒼白

將我撕碎 由荒木變塵埃
迎風而來 又周而復始
將命運之歌深埋 遺留潮汐的鐘擺
更換靈魂再裝載 下一次名為?

Theseus's Ship

No need to hide the fish's exaggerated praise with crashing waves, my love.
Wine brewed with wind and honey fills the hold, freedom is its structure.
And as the crew learns to forgive the reefs, I learn to piece together,
Is that newly built ship still me?

It remains silent, dear.

The sea of time buries me, from birth to wreckage.
Facing the wind, swaying or withering.
Burying the song of fate, leaving behind the pendulum of tides.
Replacing the soul, reloading, scattering into fibers.

Don't listen to the seagulls boasting of the gentle sky, only then to raise the storm.
Encountering cracks, visiting the swaying hull, praying in the night.
And the sail nakedly tells the drifting man, "This is not the end."
That mottled ship, has it been forgotten by someone?

Why don't you answer me, my love?

The sea of time buries me, from birth to wreckage.
Facing the wind, swaying or withering.
Burying the song of fate, leaving behind the pendulum of tides.
Replacing the soul, reloading, if boundless and pale.

Tearing me apart, from barren wood to dust.
Facing the wind, and starting all over again.
Burying the song of fate, leaving behind the pendulum of tides.
Replacing the soul, reloading, what will the next one be called?