<p class="ql-block">My immortal melody </p><p class="ql-block">When they ask me</p><p class="ql-block">I might take shelter in silence.</p><p class="ql-block">I might shed a tear</p><p class="ql-block">I might clink my glass to get everyone's attention </p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">And yet…. </p><p class="ql-block">I would say, he was a wider-than-life dream.</p><p class="ql-block">His dream spanned realms beyond sight,</p><p class="ql-block">yet the gravest disappointments assailed his heart.</p><p class="ql-block">Neither his scrawny horse is strong enough. </p><p class="ql-block">Nor does his wooden sword do any good.</p><p class="ql-block">The songs of enthusiasm, too.</p><p class="ql-block">have fallen silent, for it is useless.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I would say that the wind has defeated his resolution,</p><p class="ql-block">As swayed by his whims.</p><p class="ql-block">His ship is lost</p><p class="ql-block">And the sea, so they say, is treacherous.</p><p class="ql-block">Who can foretell his death?</p><p class="ql-block">And the shark is open-mouthed</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I will say, the vast wilds still bear </p><p class="ql-block">the traces of his footsteps.</p><p class="ql-block">Planting false hope.</p><p class="ql-block">Here, a banner.</p><p class="ql-block">There, a surreal painting</p><p class="ql-block">Even on the mirage </p><p class="ql-block">Hummed the murmur of the water</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I'd say he was a mythical being.</p><p class="ql-block">Perhaps only in the imagination.</p> <p class="ql-block">我不朽的旋律</p><p class="ql-block">当人们问起他时</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">我或许会沉默以对，</p><p class="ql-block">或许会落下一滴泪，</p><p class="ql-block">或许会轻碰酒杯，吸引众人的目光——</p><p class="ql-block">然而……</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">我会说，他曾是个超越现实的梦想家。</p><p class="ql-block">他的梦想跨越了目之所及的疆域，</p><p class="ql-block">可最深的失望，却一次次侵袭他的心房。</p><p class="ql-block">他那瘦弱的马儿，终究不够强壮，</p><p class="ql-block">他那木质的佩剑，终究无能为力，</p><p class="ql-block">就连那些热忱的歌谣，</p><p class="ql-block">也早已归于沉寂——只因一切都是徒劳。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">我会说，风已击溃了他的决心，</p><p class="ql-block">任其被自己的执念左右。</p><p class="ql-block">他的船已然迷失，</p><p class="ql-block">而大海，世人皆言，凶险难测。</p><p class="ql-block">谁能预见他的结局？</p><p class="ql-block">毕竟，鲨鱼正张着血盆大口。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">我会说，广袤的荒野上，</p><p class="ql-block">仍留存着他的足迹，</p><p class="ql-block">却只种下了虚妄的希望。</p><p class="ql-block">此处，一面旗帜飘摇，</p><p class="ql-block">彼处，一幅超现实的画作静立，</p><p class="ql-block">即便在那海市蜃楼中，</p><p class="ql-block">也曾回荡着流水的低语。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">我会说，他曾是个神话般的存在——</p><p class="ql-block">或许，只存在于想象之中。</p>