chinese reading - 如果我能放弃--If I Could Give up

Rúɡuǒ　wǒ　nénɡ　fànɡqì

《如果我能放弃》  

Wén/Xiànɡ　yánɡ  

文/向阳

Yì/Wǎn　fēnɡ

译/晚枫

 

If I Could Give up

by: Xiangyang

tr: Rhapsodia

 

 

Rúɡuǒ　nénɡɡòu　fànɡqì,qǐnɡ　rànɡwǒ　fànɡqì

如果能够放弃，请让我放弃 

Xiànɡ　báiyún　fànɡqì　tiānkōnɡ,xiànɡ　niǎo　fànɡqì　fēixiánɡ

像白云放弃天空，像鸟放弃飞翔 

Xiànɡ　yìtiáo　bēnténɡ　bùxīde　hé,fànɡqì　liúxiànɡ

像一条奔腾不息的河，放弃流向

 

If I could give up, please let me do

As clouds give up the sky, birds the fly

As an ever-running river gives up its direction of flow

 

 

 

Xiànɡ　yìkēshù,fànɡqì　shēnzhā　dàdìde　ɡēnxū

像一棵树，放弃深扎大地的根须

Xiànɡ　yìwěiyú　fànɡqì　liúlànɡ,fànɡqì　shuǐ

像一尾鱼放弃流浪，放弃水

Xiànɡ　niúyánɡ　fànɡqì　cǎo,xiànɡ　cháilánɡ　hǔbào

像牛羊放弃草，像豺狼虎豹

Fànɡqì　tānlánde　wèi

放弃贪婪的胃

 

As a tree gives up deeply grounded roots

As a fish gives up wandering, and the water

As cows and sheep give up grass, as beasts of prey

Give up their voracious stomachs

 

 

Fànɡqì,bùxūyào　tàiduōde　lǐyóu

放弃，不需要太多的理由 

Zhènɡrú　máofà　duì　pínánɡde　yīfù

正如毛发对皮囊的依附

Zhènɡrú　yìzhīmǎyǐ,duì　xìxiǎo　xìnɡfúde　jiānshǒu

正如一只蚂蚁，对细小幸福的坚守

 

Few reasons does giving-up needs

Just as simple as hairs attach to their follicles 

As an ant holds fast to its tiny happiness

 

 

Qǐnɡ　rànɡwǒ　fànɡqì,rúɡuǒ　nénɡɡòu　fànɡqì

请让我放弃，如果能够放弃 

Xiànɡ　yípiànluòyè,fànɡqì　fānɡxiànɡ　hé　jìjié

像一片落叶，放弃方向和季节 

Jiānɡ　zìjǐ　jiāoɡěi　fēnɡ,zài　yízhèn　yòu　yízhèn　piāolínɡ　zhīhòu

将自己交给风，在一阵又一阵飘零之后 

Jiānɡ　fǔlànde　shēnqū,jiāoɡěi　nítǔ

将腐烂的身躯，交给泥土 

 

Please let me give up, if I could

Like a fallen leaf resigns from direction and season 

Leaving itself to the wind, after fading and drifting in gusts

Puts its decayed body into the hands of soil

 

 

(Xuǎnzì chuānyuè shēnɡmìnɡde ténɡtònɡ) 

（选自《穿过生命的疼痛》）

 

(from The Pain Through Life)