In The Candle Light

GAZAL

Tonight I will lay a long-stemmed rose before me.
I will see you in the swaying flame of the candle
that lights my table without you.
My mouth is salivating for the love bites you feed me.
I will set two glasses on the table,
but I won't drink.
I am already intoxicated with you.
my soul is waiting for yours,
and I hear it knocking on the window.

燭光

今夜我折一枝長莖玫瑰,
燭光里有你的面容搖曳,
桌面鋪滿清輝,
只是身邊坐的沒有誰.
我貪婪地吞咽,
你賜予的愛之水.
桌上兩杯醇香的酒,
但我不必品味,.
因為我早已為你沉醉,
我的魂企盼與你的靈交匯,
聽, 此刻它正在輕敲我的心扉.

Dreadful Dream

GAZAL

Who is that stranger in the mirror?
He has grown frail; he has no teeth.
He doesn't remember that he had been a poet.
He has no passion and has lost his hope.
Why is he staring at me?
Oh God, please awaken me.

噩夢

這鏡里的陌生人, 啊, 他是誰?
他癟着掉光了牙的嘴,
虛弱得搖搖欲墜.
難道這就是那曾經的詩人?
他熱情已化灰,
絕望如影隨.
為什麼他這樣盯着我?
天啊, 快把我從噩夢裡喚回.