Kiss Goodbye on An Autumn Day
When the autumn falls upon us, it's time
to summarize the summer's rise and fall,
or just forget it all together.
Its fire can't last forever after all.
Is that also why you're leaving me suddenly?
You broke the news to me. The news broke me,
set my heart trembling, like those falling leaves
caught up in a whirlwind. Hard to imagine
how the trees endure this perennial pain.
The migrating birds, indifferent,
about to take off as well.
The frosty sky has seen enough parting,
pretty much to the point he won't bang
his own chest and cry a thunder again.
In this lifetime there is no hope
I can rekindle this love.
Looking back at it someday,
I'll still be carried away.
The crystal lakes of your eyes
are brimming with autumn water.
O baby, baby, don't you cry,
keep your cheeks dry.
The last kiss is a kiss goodbye.
The autumn wind is starting to lose its sanity.
First it lined up gold-colored leaves
into the stanzas of a love poem,
then with a single sweeping motion
it broke them up into pieces,
all over the place you left behind.
It was mad for not understanding
why love isn't color blind.
【五律】秋日吻别
秋来君忽去，叶落树常悲。
寒鸟将飞日，霜天欲语时。
此生情已了，他日念还痴。
吻别洒秋水，风狂乱作诗。
(© September 27, 2023, godog)
