The sky in the past 旧时的天空

在你离开之后的天空，我像风筝寻一个梦，雨后的天空，是否有放晴后的面容……
                                                                                                   ——蔡依林《天空》
When you leave, I'm like a kite pursuing a dream in the sky. I wonder if the sky still has a clear face after the rain…
                                                                   —Lyrics from the song "Sky" by Cai Yiling
我们拥有的过去的时光是多么美妙，尽管它可能包含悲伤。
The time we have ever had is so beautiful, although it may consist of sadness.
好像是在那一个夜晚，我依然在房间里边打电脑、边听歌时，正好听到蔡依林的《天空》，也许是一时兴起，打开窗户，往天空望了望，一轮明月高挂在天空上，几颗星星点缀着平淡无奇的夜晚。
I still remembered that it was a night when I was playing on my computer and listening to this song. On the spur of the moment, I opened the window and looked into the sky and there I saw a bright moon hanging high which was accompanied by a few stars around. It was just an ordinary night.
关起窗户，我走到电脑前，视窗不再停留于即时通上，我开启了一个Word文件档。
I closed the window and moved to the computer. I closed MSN and set up a new word file.
忘了是从什么时候起，我喜欢看天空，喜欢吹着风，也喜欢偶尔发个呆，数数天上有几朵云朵，一朵白云的变化，都足以让我的嘴角勾出一抹笑。曾有人说过，看见喜欢的人，会有一种说不上来的悸动；而我说，看到那一片蔚蓝，令人有种心情辽阔的感动。
I forget since when I like to look at the sky while standing in the wind, losing myself in a trance and counting clouds floating above. I will be pleased even by a small change to their shapes. Someone said when you meet your Mr. Right, you would have an inexpressible passion fluttering inside. However, when it comes to me, I have this feeling when seeing the boundless azure sky.
是哪一次我忘了，有个朋友说，她说我这辈子的恋人就是天空。对我来说，天空就像是会撒下透明快乐粉的魔术师，看见它时，我的嘴角总会不自觉的上扬。晴天的湛蓝，傍晚的橘红，它总是不停地换装再换装，一直到了夜晚，便披上星光闪闪的衣裳。
One of my friends once told me that the perfect lover for me was the sky. For me, sky is a magician who is able to cast the happiness powder over me. When I see it, I always wear a smile unconsciously. Blue when it is clear, orange at night fall… the sky keeps changing its clothes until the evening when it finally puts on a shining star cloak.
也不知道是哪个星座分析家说的，女生总是向往浪漫，不过射手座的我除了浪漫，更爱自由的感觉。我喜欢仰头望着天空，这种习惯动作使我发现一个很特别的现象。
I don't know which constellation analyst has made such remarks that girls are always attracted to romance. However, besides romance, as a Sagittarius, I like freedom more. And also because of the habit of looking at the sky all the time, I have found a very special phenomenon.
知道吗？台湾只是一个小小的岛屿，前后五百公里，我习惯抬着头走路。记得上次去台北的时候，我发现北部灰色的天空跟南台湾的蓝天，好像两个世界，于是我伸出手掌，从手指的隙缝看出去，才知道这种感触的定义。
Taiwan is a small island with about 500 kilometers around. I am used to walking with my eyes looking up. When I was in the city of Taibei last time, I found the grey sky in the north was quite different from the blue one in the south. I reached out and examined the sky between the fingers and finally understood the reason.
我对南台湾的天空有一种心动、一种喜欢的感觉。世界上有很多人，大家欣赏事物的眼光也不尽相同，忙碌的大家，什么时候可以停下脚步，看一下蔚蓝的天空或绵绵细雨？这种浪漫对于繁忙的现代人来说，好像是一种奢求；这样的心动对于空虚的人们，又好像是一种难得的情绪。
I have a special feeling towards the sky in the south of Taiwan. Among so many people in the world, no one has the completely same taste with the others. There is no time for the busy ones to stop and look up, appreciating the blue or rainy sky. This kind of romance is more like a luxury for modern citizens and the feeling is rare and stranger to their empty hearts.
其实，有的时候在街头稍作停留，为忙碌的自己给予一些奢侈的奖励。
Actually, sometimes they can stop for a little while and give themselves a moment of rest as a reward.
“休息是为了走更长远的路”，这句话可不是吗？
As a saying goes "Having a rest is for walking farther". Isn't it true?
Key words:
挂ɡuà:hang
发呆fādāi:lose oneself in a trance
魔术师móshùshī:magician
星座xīnɡzuò:constellation
射手座shèshǒuzuò:Sagittarius
奢求shēqiú:luxury