My world is receding

I can see you

I can touch you

And

I can hear you

The moment you were born

Your voice permeates the whole house

And

Permeates my whole heart

When you cry

When nothing else works

I sing you a song

You quiet down immediately

You giggle your smile

You shout out your excitement

You vent your anger

You cry for your pain

All are parts of the symphony

Of life

That light up the house

That light up my day

But my hearing

Recedes bit by bit

Your voice

Blurs bit by bit

I try to turn my ear

Closer to you

But I feel my world

Recedes further from you

Please sing me a song

Please read me a poem

Please tell me a story

Please play a piece of music

While my world

Is receding

在我慢慢褪色的世界裡

喜看 輕撫和聽見

出生的一瞬間

你的聲音已嘹亮了世界

久久瀰漫在心田

你的哭泣

我無招以應變

卻在歌聲中

讓你漸漸入眠

你憤怒 激動的哭和笑

奏起這生活的樂章

明亮了全室

燦爛了我的日子

但我能聽到的

越來越少

你的聲音也

越來越飄緲

越湊近耳朵去聽

卻越覺世界之遙

請為我唱歌，誦詩

彈曲或講講故事

在我慢慢褪色的世界裡…

作者：陳京

譯文：Coral珊瑚

2017-5-12

今天先生在和兒子通電話時，發現自己的聽力下降，聽不清兒子電話里的聲音，有感而創作了這首詩。