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你是一条向北的鱼

我是无可奈何向南的水

可以触碰你 不能包裹你

你是一条向北的鱼

我是无可奈何向南的水

可以触碰你 不能包裹你

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You are a fish swimming towards the north
I am the stream on a destined course to the south
Caressing you yet missing you

Yuan Yin  19, Seattle

Translated from Chinese by Ping Wang

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