你不来，我不敢老去

☉声音：Flora Fang

☉背景音乐：《老房子》

你不来，我不敢老去

< If You Don't Come, 

I Won't Dare to Grow Old >

诗/ 李继宗

译文/ 改编自黎历

Actually, I'm old
that I’ve to let the small tree 

in front of the door
for me to shed the leaves off

其实我已经老了

我老得让门前的那棵小树替我掉叶子

I’m too old as to shell off a layer of earth
and another layer of earth once more

我老得掉了一层土

又掉了一层土

Seeing these layers of earth

I know that 

going out is the bonfire on my chest

reserved for you

看到这些土

我就知道

过去胸膛上给你预留的篝火快要熄灭了

and departing is the strength 

kept for you in my arm

手臂上给你预留的力量快要离开了

as far as my eyes, tardy and erratic
as they see everything

及至双眼

开始看什么都是缓慢的

飘忽不定的

Actually, I’m very old
for the latest short span of my life
I just keep on asking the small tree

in front of the door

for me to shed the last leaf

其实我已经很老了

及至这后来的一小段时光

我只是继续让门前的那棵小树

替我掉下最后一片叶子

while the world is changing

and time is flying

Why I say that

If you don't come I won't dare to grow old

世易时移处

我之所以说

你不来，我不敢老去

cause when I’m alone
I do still cherish a very slim hope that

You also think so

是没人的时候

我非常渺茫地希望

你也在这么想

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