Melancholy《忧郁》 | 金色百合
Melancholy is not what I want.
What I want is to see the morning dew
Shining under the sun;
What I want is to hear the nightingale
Singing under the moon.
A squirrel ran by me in autumn,
I’d not ask about his returning journey;
A bud blosomed to my surprise in spring,
I’d show her my smile like a drunken angel.
Melancholy is not what I want.
What I want is to blacken my mother’swhitehair.
Hence I could be a naughty girl
In her glittering youth;
What I want is to dream mydaughter’schildhood.
Hence I could be leaned like a fairy laurel.
When he and I stood shoulder by shoulder
Watching the sunset declining to the unknown,
He also told me “Melancholy is not what I want.”
忧郁不是我想要的。
我想要的是看到清晨的露珠
在太阳底下发光;
我想要的是听到夜莺
在月亮之下歌唱。
一只松鼠在秋天走过我,
我没有问它的归途;
一朵花苞在春天里㤉异地开放,
我对她微笑像酒醉的天使一样。
忧郁不是我想要的。
我想要的是染黑母亲的白发,
于是我就能在她的好年华里尽情地顽皮;
我想要的是梦到女儿的童年,
那样我就可以像童话中的月桂树被倚靠。
当我与他肩并着肩一起
看夕阳下山去那不知名的地方
他也告诉我“忧郁不是我想要的。”
(2019.11.23)