你不來，我不敢老去

文/李繼宗 譯/ Lily

你不來，我不敢老去

You Don't Come， I'm Dare Not to Grow Old

文/李繼宗 譯/ Lily

Actually, I'm old

That I've to let the small tree in front of the door for me

shed the leaves off

I'm too old as to shell off①shell off v. 剝落a layer of earth

And another layer of earth once more

Seeing these layers of earth

I know that going out is the bonfire②bonfire 英 ［'b?nfa??］ 美 ［'bɑnfa??］ n. 篝火；營火on my chest

reserved for you

And departing is the strength kept for you in my arm

As far as my eyes, tardy③tardy 英 ［'tɑ?d?］ 美 ［'tɑrdi］ adj. 緩慢的；遲緩的；遲到的 n. 遲到eg. Someone who's tardy to an interview is neither. 那些在面試中遲到的人做不到這一點。and erratic④erratic 英 ［?'r?t?k］ 美 ［?'r?t?k］ adj. 不穩定的；古怪的 n. 漂泊無定的人；古怪的人

They start to see everything

Actually, I'm very old

For the latest short span of my life

I just keep on asking the small tree in front of the door

for me to shed the last leaf

While the world is changing and time is flying

Why I say that you don't come, I'm dare not to grow old

'Cause⑤‘cause ［k?:z］ conj. ［口語］ =becausewhen I'm alone

I do still cherish a very slim hope that you also think so

其實我已經老了

我老得讓門前的那棵小樹替我掉葉子

我老得掉了一層土

又掉了一層土

看到這些土

我就知道，過去胸膛上給你預留的篝火快要熄滅了

手臂上給你預留的力量快要離開了

及至雙眼，開始看什么都是緩慢的

飄忽不定的

其實我已經很老了

及至這后來的一小段時光

我只是繼續讓門前的那棵小樹替我掉下最后一片葉子

時移世易處

我之所以說你不來，我不敢老去

是沒人的時候

我非常渺茫地希望，你也在這么想