Love

This is a forever subject --
Love
Remember, we have talked about astronomy, we have talked about geography.
Remember, you have asked me, and I have also asked you:
How high is the sky, how deep is the sea, how thick is the earth?
" You say? -- "
"And so you say?"
I hold up your hand to count the stars in the sky,
You hold my hand,
Checking the sea water under the moon, how the water current runs.
You said your friend has told you,
Love is painful. You said:
" We better be simple friends"
But, at that night, we just care not how high is the sky, how thick is the earth.
Walking from seafront to the busy downtown,
All the way just hand in hand without a noise.
This is a forever subject --
We are in love.
(04/08/1956)
(translated by oswald from poem 愛by 舒巷城)
027 長街短笛