More of my crappy translations songs/poetry I like

I love chinese poetry... they can say so much with so little... My translation is barely adequate...

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月高高 星寥寥
Moon is high, stars so scant
(Tonight the moon is high upon the clear starless sky)
拂微风 云飘遥
Gentle breeze, clouds to drift
(And the breeze is gently blowing the drifting clouds)
孤江边 心邈邈
(Alone at the) Riverside, distant heart
(Alone at the river side, and my heart is so far away)
两世牵 谁人晓
Twain worlds' love, Who to know (understand)?
(The love that span across and link the two realms, which person can truly empathize?)

回首间
Looking back
(When I turn my head back(
几多欢笑昨夜天
at (so much) laughters from yesternight
(So many joy and laughters from yesterday, both night and day)
残忆追旧年
chasing (the remnants of) years bygone
(pursuing the years bygone with the remnants of my memories)
而如今
Yet today (now)
(yet in the end til now)
人事早飞远
gone were mortal dreams (affairs)
(All mortally affairs have long flown far and away)


月高高 星寥寥
Moon is high, stars so scant
拂微风 云飘遥
Gentle breeze, cloud to drift
孤江边 心邈邈
Riverside, distant heart
两世牵 谁人晓
Twain worlds' love, who to know?

回首间
Looking back
几多欢笑昨夜天
at (so much) laughters from yesternight
残忆追旧年
chasing (the remnants of) years bygone
而如今
Yet today (now)
人事早飞远
gone were mortal dreams (affairs)


回首间
Looking back
几多欢笑昨夜天
at (so much) laughters from yesternight
残忆追旧年
chasing (the remnants of) years bygone
而如今
Yet today (now)
人事早飞远
gone were mortal dreams (affairs)

旧梦 (Past Dream)

微微风涌起旧梦　拾起一片回忆如叶落
再也想不起难忘的是什么　多情多怨　说伤人重

A gentle breeze stirring a dream of the past,
picking up the memories like scattered leaves,
Unforgettable, yet there's no recollection
of the deep loves, and the many regrets,
For to say is to hurt.


微微风涌起旧梦　月光撒满了你的行踪
再也想不起要忘记是什么　不能不愿　不再多说

A gentle breeze stirring my dream in the past,
where the moonlight to trail behind your every step,
Unforgettable, yet I have no recollection
and I never could, and never will,
say a word more.


一生追悔快意都相同　若不是你依然在我梦魂中
我怎么会有一个理由　为你　为情　为爱　为我　

A lifetime of regrets or happiness, for me it's all the same
But because, because you still haunts my dreams, my soul,
Else why would I still have a reason (to live, to love),
it's because of you, of us, for love, for me...

啦.....
Oh....

我像落花随着流水　随着流水漂向人海
人海茫茫不知身何在　总觉得缺少一份爱

Like a wiltered flower, a lone petal fluttering in gushing river,
I am falling headlong towards into the vast human sea...
So vast, so many, that I still know not where I am - so lost...
Yet despite this great mutlitude, I lack still of that one love... (a love for me, of me...)

一生追悔快意都相同　若不是你依然在我梦魂中
你怎么没有任何理由　给你的情　给爱的我

A lifetime of regrets or happiness, for me it's the same
If not because that you still haunts my dreams, my soul,
Else why would you have not the reason, to give me your love,
to me, I love you so...


微微风涌起旧梦　拾起一片回忆如叶落
再也想不起难忘的是什么　独自徘徊旧梦中

A gentle breeze stirring my dream of distant past,
where the moonlight trails behind your every step,
Unforgettable, yet I've no recollection
And so alone I wander lost within this dream long ago


我早也徘徊　我晚也徘徊　徘徊在茫茫人海
我为你守候　我为你等待　心爱的人儿何在

wandering by day
wandering by night
wandering now lost
within this human sea

holding valiently on
waiting patiently for
him, my love, my love
where and where are you?


微微风涌起旧梦　拾起一片回忆如叶落
再也想不起难忘的是什么　独自徘徊旧梦中

A gentle breeze stirring my dream so long ago,
where the moonlight trails behind your every step,
Unforgettable, yet I've no recollection
And so alone I wander lost within my dream, my distant past...

独自徘徊
独自徘徊
旧梦中

Alone I walk
Alone I wander
in endless circles
within this dream
so long
so long ago

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.



I wish that he never climb up and sit on the wall
I wish that he never had that great fall
I wish that all the king's horses and all the king's men
can put him together again

But dreams are like stars in the sky
so near, so close, that you can almost touch them
And when you finally awake, you know that the stars
lie a million thousand light years away

And wishes are like clouds in the sky
growing bigger day by day, so many
And when they finally fall, you know that the wishes
are falling, falling and dashed to bits and pieces

Hope
Every night, i reach for the stars
Every day, i add to the clouds
But tonight
But today
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
and
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

He couldn't reach for the stars no more
he couldn't feed the clouds no more
because nothing can put Humpty together again

垂柳落叶河上飘，
轻烟浮云随风摇。
落暮寒鸦添秋意，
小挢流水任寂寥。


What can one feel when the one one loves for a decade is marrying another?

Even art is not enough
Even poetry is not enough


繁星点点，跨越银河能否与你相见？
不怕遥远，只盼此刻飞奔到你身边。
往事如烟，魂萦梦牵，增添我心中思念；
纵然追寻万年，今生的情缘不变！

But alas

Nothing is never enough
Time is not enough

Perhaps peace will come when one is gone...
perhaps...
but not today...
not today...
not yet...

One hopes for everything
but asks for nothing else
but the word
"I know"

but not even that
for one never exists
so how could one
answer one who never exist?

I don't exist
perhaps I never did
or ever will
perhaps

But how can one who never exists
feel this throbbing ach
this sharp piercing pain
this squeezing feeling
in one's chest?

So strange
so sad
so painful
this one...

it hurts...
so very much...
so very very much...
this one...

Desire is the root of all suffering...
One wish one day one will understand
and be free ...
and truly non-existence...

Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dies at 69

MILWAUKEE - Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday (March 4th, 2008) morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.

Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.

Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game's legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family's home in Lake Geneva, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee, his wife said. Despite his declining health, he hosted weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons as recently as January, she said.

"It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them," Gygax said. "He really enjoyed that."

Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity.

Funeral arrangements are pending. Besides his wife, Gygax is survived by six children.

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