<p class="ql-block">Forever young</p><p class="ql-block">Eeny, meeny, miny, Moe,</p><p class="ql-block">catch the baby by the toe</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">So many girls and boys are lost</p><p class="ql-block">in the game</p><p class="ql-block">for ages now</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">They are found long after</p><p class="ql-block">in reservoirs of rain</p><p class="ql-block">on maps’ branches</p><p class="ql-block">in the epitaphic orchestra</p><p class="ql-block">at the wheel of the world</p> <p class="ql-block">永远年轻</p><p class="ql-block">依尼、米尼、迈尼、莫，</p><p class="ql-block">抓个宝宝拽脚趾。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">如今，无数男孩女孩</p><p class="ql-block">在这场游戏里迷失，</p><p class="ql-block">已历经漫长岁月。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">许久之后，他们才被寻见——</p><p class="ql-block">在雨水的蓄水池中，</p><p class="ql-block">在地图的枝丫上，</p><p class="ql-block">在墓志铭的管弦乐里，</p><p class="ql-block">在世界之轮旁。</p> <p class="ql-block">The self-evidence of dissimilarity</p><p class="ql-block">“Miracle, miracle” the blind man shouted</p><p class="ql-block">when he faced the world, he had been deprived of</p><p class="ql-block">and, telling everyone it was Jesus Christ</p><p class="ql-block">who cured him,</p><p class="ql-block">he began his course in the light</p><p class="ql-block">whichever turn his life took later on.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">“Miracle, miracle” I too wanted so much to shout</p><p class="ql-block">when I found the love, I had been deprived of</p><p class="ql-block">watching my life take</p><p class="ql-block">the turn I had prayed for</p><p class="ql-block">and light beginning a course inside me.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">But I couldn’t tell everyone your name</p><p class="ql-block">or sing your praise.</p><p class="ql-block">Society does not approve of such relationships</p><p class="ql-block">people will always be caught unprepared</p><p class="ql-block">we alone will do justice to love.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">God fills a sea</p><p class="ql-block">within us</p><p class="ql-block">and we keep polluting it.</p> <p class="ql-block">差异的不证自明</p><p class="ql-block">“奇迹，奇迹！”盲人高呼，</p><p class="ql-block">当他直面那曾被剥夺的世界，</p><p class="ql-block">并告诉所有人，是耶稣基督</p><p class="ql-block">治愈了他，</p><p class="ql-block">他便在光明中开启征程，</p><p class="ql-block">无论此后人生走向何方。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">“奇迹，奇迹！”当我寻得那曾被剥夺的爱，</p><p class="ql-block">看着我的人生</p><p class="ql-block">转向我曾祈求的方向，</p><p class="ql-block">光明在我内心开启征程时，</p><p class="ql-block">我也满心渴望如此高呼。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">但我无法将你的名字告知众人，</p><p class="ql-block">也无法歌颂你。</p><p class="ql-block">社会不认可这样的关系，</p><p class="ql-block">人们总会猝不及防，</p><p class="ql-block">唯有我们能公正对待爱。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">上帝在我们心中注满一片海，</p><p class="ql-block">而我们却不断污染它。</p> <p class="ql-block">The empty space</p><p class="ql-block">The empty space</p><p class="ql-block">Is the well-balanced space</p><p class="ql-block">A logical impasse and the last physic refuge</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">No feelings slip</p><p class="ql-block">Emptiness doesn't demand nor intervenes</p><p class="ql-block">Firm against disfigurations, reluctant to challenge you</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Silently waits for what exists to breathe its last breath</p><p class="ql-block">Not at all an ungraceful role for such an unreal beauty</p><p class="ql-block">Humbly faithful to immobility it doesn't decline (in value)</p><p class="ql-block">Its crystal feeling reflects intact memory</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">In the empty space only peace evolves</p><p class="ql-block">If you are in agony, realize it, simply close your eyes</p> <p class="ql-block">空寂之境</p><p class="ql-block">空寂之境，</p><p class="ql-block">是平衡有度之境，</p><p class="ql-block">是逻辑的绝境，也是最后的物理避难所。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">没有情感流露，</p><p class="ql-block">空寂既不索取也不干预，</p><p class="ql-block">抵御着损毁，却不愿挑战你。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">默默等待现有之物咽下最后一口气，</p><p class="ql-block">对于这般虚幻的美而言，这绝非不雅的角色，</p><p class="ql-block">谦卑地忠于静止，其价值未曾减损，</p><p class="ql-block">它如水晶般的触感映照着完整的记忆。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">在空寂之境，唯有平和滋生。</p><p class="ql-block">若你正处于痛苦中，意识到这一点，只需闭上双眼。</p> <p class="ql-block">克里斯托斯·库基斯，是一位希腊诗人、散文家、作词家和文化经理，与克里特诗歌节合作。</p>