like A BIRD

Munchen, 1979.

There were times tomorrow wouldn't arrive;
I waited all night, feeling very, very tired!
My soul was immersed in an endless nightmare,
Struggling so hard to be free from the sea of misery!
Like a bird in the middle of the stormy sky,
Immense oceans couldn't contain my melancholy.

There were times the sun would not rise;
I prayed in vain for the future to arrive;
Like in a coma, I lie in the long darkness,
Praying for tomorrow to quickly come by.

There were places where Spring wouldn't visit
I expected hopelessly for cherry flowers to blossom.
White snow everywhere instead of a pagoda bell's pealing,
To herald the New Year, only the cold wind's whistling...

And so it went - the rain came, followed by falling leaves,
Day and night, time flowed indifferently,
My heart still felt there was something incomplete,
Perhaps it was a love I'd never discovered before.

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