black river

Still searching for my way, the right way to be
長路漫漫上下求索前途茫茫明燈何方
still pondering what Ive done
不捨思量昔日吾為
Im still thinking what Ive said, still finding from within
不捨默想昔日吾語不捨追尋反求諸己
and all that I know is still not enough
世界至大吾識至寡
Im being held by the one
陰影籠罩兮
shadow tormenting my soul
扼吾魂魄
the curving neck of a swan
鴻鵠曲項兮
the slow turning of a birds head
靈首轉緩
So white its plumes and feathers
其羽無瑕兮其衿潔白
its breast like the moon in water
其胸皎澄兮如水之月
silent and tranquil it moves
乘流遨遊兮澹澹乎靜
on the river in the calm
萬籟俱寂兮浮於波上
I wander back on familiar roads
徘徊故道兮輾轉反側
I sense the marks I left on the hills
履跡遺山兮嘆時感懷
I see the cuts and wounds of my deeds
吾行有失兮傷痕斑駁
they make me muse on life
人生苦思兮蓋無窮已
Up the hill and the mountain
逾嶂越嶺
I look back, I look down
回首垂目
there flows the River of Death
滾滾冥河從此逝
and here the wind in my hair
唯有長風拂吾發