Three Poems About Love by Li Sing Wan

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She Is No More.

Between lost memories and newspaper headlines

Between the wars, the victories, and the defeats of history

Between cries of weeping and the sirens

Between elections and disasters

Through all these years we forgotโ€”until it was already too late

She is no more and will not return

There will be no letter and no phone call

Not even a keepsake remains of her

She is no more and will not return

She was the first and the last

Love is no longer in our world

We remember when she appeared and when she vanished

She wasโ€”and is no moreโ€”and will not return

No pleas or tears will help, nor threats or manipulations

She took her blessing and leftโ€”to another place, to someone else

And here hatred and anger whisper, scheming in the corner

And here sorrow and despair gather at our door

And all is in vainโ€”what was lost cannot be restored

Time will not return, and love is gone

And all that remains is to wander like a ghost

Within the walls of our home and through empty streets

Searching in vain for traces and fragments of memory

She is no moreโ€”love is no moreโ€”and will not return

And the sun sets upon us

And at night we cry quietly

In the darkness, unseen by anyone

The world has changed beyond recognition

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty years and more

And there is no meaning, no remedy

So play old, sad music

And weep through songs for the love that is gone

So that you will know

How much you regret and long

How much you loved her and did not dare to tell her

How much you needed herโ€”and she is gone

Write her love poems

Fill your drawer and the walls of your heart with poems of love

With poems of longing for her

And dedicate the rest of your life to the memory of the love that is gone

Write by day and by night, when lying down and when rising

And pray for love in the world

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I Could Have Been.

I could have been

Many things

But I did not know how to choose

I could have loved

Many people

But I did not know how to love

Then fate came

And said, โ€œI will decide for youโ€ฆ

You will be a poetโ€ฆ

And in sorrow you will give birth to your poemsโ€ฆ

And you will love against your willโ€ฆ

But love will break your heart again and againโ€ฆโ€

And so it was

I could have been

I could have loved

Now I am a slave to my fate

The gate has closed upon me

And I wait

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See You in Heaven.

He smiled at me and said, โ€œWe will meet in heavenโ€

Then he boarded a plane with a one-way ticket

And disappeared somewhere

No letter, no email

No phone call, no text message

Not a single wordโ€”complete silence

And I wait here, growing old

In a world that is becoming a hell on earth

Hoping that one day I will meet him

After allโ€”promises should be kept, shouldnโ€™t they?

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ๅฅนๅทฒไธๅœจใ€‚

ๅœจๅคฑ่ฝ็š„่ฎฐๅฟ†ไธŽๆŠฅ็บธๆ ‡้ข˜ไน‹้—ด

ๅœจๆˆ˜ไบ‰ใ€่ƒœๅˆฉไธŽๅކๅฒ็š„ๅคฑ่ดฅไน‹้—ด

ๅœจๅ“ญๅ–ŠไธŽ่ญฆๆŠฅๅฃฐไน‹้—ด

ๅœจไธ€ๆฌกๆฌก้€‰ไธพไธŽ็พ้šพไน‹้—ด

ๅœจ่ฟ™ไบ›ๅนด้‡Œๆˆ‘ไปฌๅฟ˜่ฎฐไบ†โ€”โ€”็›ดๅˆฐไธบๆ—ถๅทฒๆ™š

ๅฅนๅทฒไธๅœจ๏ผŒไนŸไธไผšๅ›žๆฅ

ไธไผšๆœ‰ไฟกไปถ๏ผŒไนŸไธไผšๆœ‰็”ต่ฏ

็”š่‡ณ่ฟžไธ€ไปถ็บชๅฟต็‰ฉ้ƒฝๆฒกๆœ‰็•™ไธ‹

ๅฅนๅทฒไธๅœจ๏ผŒไนŸไธไผšๅ›žๆฅ

ๅฅนๆ›พๆ˜ฏๅ”ฏไธ€็š„ๅผ€ๅง‹ไธŽ็ป“ๆŸ

็ˆฑๅทฒไธๅ†ๅญ˜ๅœจไบŽๆˆ‘ไปฌ็š„ไธ–็•Œ

ๆˆ‘ไปฌ่ฎฐๅพ—ๅฅนไฝ•ๆ—ถๅ‡บ็Žฐใ€ไฝ•ๆ—ถๆถˆๅคฑ

ๅฅนๆ›พๅญ˜ๅœจโ€”โ€”ๅฆ‚ไปŠไธๅœจโ€”โ€”ไนŸไธไผšๅ›žๆฅ

ๆณๆฑ‚ไธŽๅ“ญๆณฃๆ— ๆตŽไบŽไบ‹๏ผŒๅจ่ƒไธŽๆ“ๆŽงไนŸๆ— ็”จ

ๅฅนๅธฆ็€็ฅ็ฆ็ฆปๅŽปโ€”โ€”ๅŽปไบ†ๅˆซๅค„๏ผŒๅŽปไบ†ไป–ไบบ้‚ฃ้‡Œ

ไป‡ๆจไธŽๆ„คๆ€’ๅœจ่ง’่ฝไฝŽ่ฏญๅฏ†่ฐ‹

ๆ‚ฒไผคไธŽ็ปๆœ›่š้›†ๅœจๆˆ‘ไปฌ็š„้—จๅ‰

ไธ€ๅˆ‡้ƒฝๆ˜ฏๅพ’ๅŠณโ€”โ€”ๅคฑๅŽป็š„ๆ— ๆณ•ๆŒฝๅ›ž

ๆ—ถ้—ดไธไผšๅ€’ๆต๏ผŒ็ˆฑๅทฒๆถˆๅคฑ

ๅ‰ฉไธ‹็š„ๅชๆœ‰ๅฆ‚ๅนฝ็ต่ˆฌๅพ˜ๅพŠ

ๅœจๅฎถไธญ็š„ๅข™ๅฃไน‹้—ด๏ผŒๅœจ็ฉบ่ก็š„่ก—้“ไธŠ

ๅพ’ๅŠณๅœฐๅฏปๆ‰พ็—•่ฟนไธŽ่ฎฐๅฟ†็š„็ขŽ็‰‡

ๅฅนๅทฒไธๅœจโ€”โ€”็ˆฑๅทฒไธๅœจโ€”โ€”ไนŸไธไผšๅ›žๆฅ

ๅคช้˜ณๅœจๆˆ‘ไปฌ่บซไธŠ่ฝไธ‹

ๅคœๆ™šๆˆ‘ไปฌ้ป˜้ป˜ๅ“ญๆณฃ

ๅœจ้ป‘ๆš—ไธญ๏ผŒๆ— ไบบ็Ÿฅๆ™“

ไธ–็•Œๅทฒ้ข็›ฎๅ…จ้ž

ๅๅนดใ€ไบŒๅๅนดใ€ไธ‰ๅๅนดใ€ๅ››ๅๅนด็”š่‡ณๆ›ดไน…

ๆฒกๆœ‰ๆ„ไน‰๏ผŒไนŸๆฒกๆœ‰่งฃ่ฏ

้‚ฃๅฐฑๆ’ญๆ”พๅค่€่€Œๆ‚ฒไผค็š„้Ÿณไน

ไธบ้‚ฃๅทฒ้€็š„็ˆฑๆƒ…ๅœจๆญŒๅฃฐไธญๅ“ญๆณฃ

่ฎฉไฝ ๆ˜Ž็™ฝ

ไฝ ๆœ‰ๅคšๅŽๆ‚”ใ€ๅคšๆ€€ๅฟต

ไฝ ๆ›พๅคšไนˆ็ˆฑๅฅนๅดไธๆ•ข่ฏดๅ‡บๅฃ

ไฝ ๆœ‰ๅคš้œ€่ฆๅฅนโ€”โ€”่€Œๅฅนๅทฒไธๅœจ

ไธบๅฅนๅ†™ไธ‹็ˆฑๆƒ…่ฏ—

็”จ่ฏ—ๅกซๆปกไฝ ็š„ๆŠฝๅฑ‰ไธŽๅฟƒๅข™

ๅ†™ๆปกๅฏนๅฅน็š„ๆ€ๅฟต

ๆŠŠไฝ™็”Ÿ็Œฎ็ป™้‚ฃๅทฒ้€็ˆฑๆƒ…็š„่ฎฐๅฟ†

็™ฝๅคฉ้ป‘ๅคœใ€ๅงๆ—ถ่ตทๆ—ถไธๅœไนฆๅ†™

ๅนถไธบไธ–้—ด็š„็ˆฑ็ฅˆ็ฅท

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ๆˆ‘ๆœฌๅฏไปฅๆˆไธบใ€‚

ๆˆ‘ๆœฌๅฏไปฅๆˆไธบ

่ฎธๅคš็งไบบ

ๅดไธๆ‡‚ๅฆ‚ไฝ•้€‰ๆ‹ฉ

ๆˆ‘ๆœฌๅฏไปฅๅŽป็ˆฑ

่ฎธๅคšไบบ

ๅดไธๆ‡‚ๅฆ‚ไฝ•ๅŽป็ˆฑ

็„ถๅŽๅ‘ฝ่ฟๆฅไบ†

่ฏด๏ผšโ€œๆˆ‘ๆฅๆ›ฟไฝ ๅ†ณๅฎšโ€ฆโ€ฆ

ไฝ ๅฐ†ๆˆไธบ่ฏ—ไบบโ€ฆโ€ฆ

ๅœจๆ‚ฒไผคไธญ่ฏž็”Ÿไฝ ็š„่ฏ—โ€ฆโ€ฆ

ไฝ ๅฐ†่ขซ่ฟซๅŽป็ˆฑโ€ฆโ€ฆ

่€Œ็ˆฑไผšไธ€ๆฌกๅˆไธ€ๆฌกๅ‡ป็ขŽไฝ ็š„ๅฟƒโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€

ไบ‹ๆƒ…ๆžœ็„ถๅฆ‚ๆญค

ๆˆ‘ๆœฌๅฏไปฅๆˆไธบ

ๆˆ‘ๆœฌๅฏไปฅๅŽป็ˆฑ

ๅฆ‚ไปŠๆˆ‘ๆˆไบ†ๅ‘ฝ่ฟ็š„ๅฅด้šถ

ๅคง้—จๅœจๆˆ‘่บซๅŽๅ…ณ้—ญ

ๆˆ‘ๅœจ็ญ‰ๅพ…

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ๅคฉๅ ‚ๅ†่งใ€‚

ไป–ๅฏนๆˆ‘ๅพฎ็ฌ‘๏ผŒ่ฏด๏ผšโ€œๆˆ‘ไปฌไผšๅœจๅคฉๅ ‚็›ธ่งโ€

็„ถๅŽไป–็™ปไธŠไบ†ไธ€ๆžถๅ•็จ‹็š„้ฃžๆœบ

ๆถˆๅคฑๅœจๆŸไธช่ฟœๆ–น

ๆฒกๆœ‰ไฟกไปถ๏ผŒๆฒกๆœ‰็”ตๅญ้‚ฎไปถ

ๆฒกๆœ‰็”ต่ฏ๏ผŒๆฒกๆœ‰็Ÿญไฟก

ไธ€ๅฅ่ฏไนŸๆฒกๆœ‰โ€”โ€”ๅฝปๅบ•็š„ๆฒ‰้ป˜

่€Œๆˆ‘ๅœจ่ฟ™้‡Œ็ญ‰ๅพ…๏ผŒๆธๆธ่€ๅŽป

ๅœจไธ€ไธช้€ๆธๅ˜ๆˆๅœฐ็‹ฑ็š„ไบบ้—ดไธ–็•Œ

ๅธŒๆœ›ๆœ‰ไธ€ๅคฉ่ฟ˜่ƒฝๅ†่งๅˆฐไป–

ๆฏ•็ซŸโ€”โ€”ๆ‰ฟ่ฏบๆ˜ฏๅบ”่ฏฅๅ…‘็Žฐ็š„๏ผŒไธๆ˜ฏๅ—๏ผŸ

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ืฉืœื•ืฉื” ืฉื™ืจื™ื ืขืœ ืื”ื‘ื” ืžืืช ืœื™ ืกื™ื ื’ ื•ื•ืืŸ

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ื”ื™ื ืื™ื ื ื”.

ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ื–ื™ื›ืจื•ื ื•ืช ื”ืื‘ื•ื“ื™ื ื•ื›ื•ืชืจื•ืช ื”ืขื™ืชื•ื ื™ื

ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืžืœื—ืžื•ืช ื”ื ื™ืฆื—ื•ื ื•ืช ื•ื”ืชื‘ื•ืกื•ืช ืฉืœ ื“ื‘ืจื™ ื”ื™ืžื™ื

ื‘ื™ืŸ ืฆืขืงื•ืช ื”ื‘ื›ื™ ื•ื”ืื–ืขืงื•ืช

ื‘ื™ืŸ ื‘ื—ื™ืจื•ืช ืœื‘ื—ื™ืจื•ืช ื•ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืืกื•ื ื•ืช

ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื›ื•ืœ ื”ืฉื ื™ื ื”ืืœื” ืฉื›ื—ื ื• ืขื“ ืฉื”ื™ื” ืžืื•ื—ืจ ื›ื‘ืจ

ื”ื™ื ืื™ื ื ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ื•ืœื ืชืฉื•ื‘

ืœื ื™ื”ื™ื” ืžื›ืชื‘ ื•ืœื ืฉื™ื—ืช ื˜ืœืคื•ืŸ

ืœื ื ื™ืฉืืจ ืžืžื ื” ืืคื™ืœื• ืžื–ื›ืจืช

ื”ื™ื ืื™ื ื ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ื•ืœื ืชืฉื•ื‘

ื”ื™ื ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ื”ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ื•ื”ืื—ืจื•ื ื”

ื”ืื”ื‘ื” ืื™ื ื ื” ืขื•ื“ ื‘ืขื•ืœืžื ื•

ืื ื—ื ื• ื–ื•ื›ืจื™ื ืžืชื™ ื”ื•ืคื™ืขื” ื•ืžืชื™ ื ืขืœืžื”

ื”ื™ื ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ื•ืื™ื ื ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ื•ืœื ืชืฉื•ื‘

ืœื ื™ืขื–ืจื• ืชื—ื ื•ื ื™ื ื•ื‘ื›ื™ ื•ืœื ืื™ื•ืžื™ื ื•ืžื ื™ืคื•ืœืฆื™ื•ืช

ื”ื™ื ืœืงื—ื” ืืช ื‘ืจื›ืชื” ื•ืขื–ื‘ื” ืœืžืงื•ื ืื—ืจ ืœืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืื—ืจ

ื•ื”ื ื” ื”ืฉื ืื” ื•ื”ื›ืขืก ืœื•ื—ืฉื™ื ื–ื•ืžืžื™ื ื‘ืคื™ื ื”

ื•ื”ื ื” ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื•ื”ื™ื™ืื•ืฉ ืžืชืืกืคื™ื ืขืœ ื“ืœืช ื‘ื™ืชื ื•

ื•ื”ื›ื•ืœ ืœืฉื•ื•ื ืื™ืŸ ืœื”ื—ื–ื™ืจ ืืช ืืฉืจ ืื‘ื“

ื”ื–ืžืŸ ืœื ื™ื—ื–ื•ืจ ื•ื”ืื”ื‘ื” ืื™ื ื ื”

ื•ื›ื•ืœ ืžื” ืฉื ื™ืฉืืจ ื”ื•ื ืœืœื›ืช ืกื—ื•ืจ ืกื—ื•ืจ ื›ืจื•ื— ืจืคืื™ื

ื‘ื™ืŸ ื›ื•ืชืœื™ ื‘ื™ืชื™ื ื• ื•ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืจื—ื•ื‘ื•ืช ื”ืจื™ืงื™ื

ืœื—ืคืฉ ืœืฉื•ื•ื ืื—ืจ ืกื™ืžื ื™ ืขื™ืงื‘ื•ืช ื•ื‘ื“ืœื™ ื–ื™ื›ืจื•ื ื•ืช

ื”ื™ื ืื™ื ื ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ื”ืื”ื‘ื” ืื™ื ื ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ื•ืœื ืชืฉื•ื‘

ื•ื”ืฉืžืฉ ืฉื•ืงืขืช ืขืœื™ื ื•

ื•ื‘ืœื™ืœื•ืช ืื ื• ื‘ื•ื›ื™ื ื‘ืฉืงื˜

ื‘ื—ื•ืฉืš ื‘ืœื™ ืฉืื™ืฉ ื™ื“ืข

ื”ืขื•ืœื ื”ืฉืชื ื” ืœืœื ื”ื›ืจ

ืขืฉืจ ืขืฉืจื™ื ืฉืœื•ืฉื™ื ืืจื‘ืขื™ื ืฉื ื” ื•ื™ื•ืชืจ

ื•ืื™ืŸ ืœื“ื‘ืจ ืคืฉืจ ืื• ืžื–ื•ืจ

ืื– ืฉื™ื ืžื•ื–ื™ืงื” ื™ืฉื ื” ื•ืขืฆื•ื‘ื”

ื•ื‘ื›ื” ื‘ืฉื™ืจื™ื ืœืื”ื‘ื” ืฉืื™ื ื ื”

ื›ื“ื™ ืฉืชื“ืข

ื›ืžื” ืืชื” ืžืฆื˜ืขืจ ื•ืžืชื’ืขื’ืข

ื›ืžื” ืื”ื‘ืช ืื•ืชื” ื•ืœื ื”ืขื–ืช ืœื•ืžืจ ืœื”

ื›ืžื” ื”ื™ื™ืช ื–ืงื•ืง ืœื” ื•ื”ื™ื ืื™ื ื ื”

ื›ืชื•ื‘ ืœื” ืฉื™ืจื™ ืื”ื‘ื”

ืžืœื ืืช ืžื’ื™ืจืชืš ื•ืืช ืงื™ืจื•ืช ืœื™ื‘ืš ื‘ืฉื™ืจื™ ืื”ื‘ื”

ื‘ืฉื™ืจื™ ื›ืžื™ื”ื” ืืœื™ื”

ื•ื”ืงื“ืฉ ืืช ืฉืืจื™ืช ื—ื™ื™ืš ืœื–ื™ื›ืจื•ืŸ ื”ืื”ื‘ื” ืฉืื™ื ื ื”

ื›ืชื•ื‘ ื‘ื™ื•ื ื•ื‘ืœื™ืœื” ื‘ืฉื›ื‘ืš ื•ื‘ืงื•ืžืš

ื•ื”ืชืคืœืœ ืœืื”ื‘ื” ื‘ืขื•ืœื.

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ื™ื›ื•ืœืชื™ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช.

ื™ื›ื•ืœืชื™ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช

ื”ืจื‘ื” ื“ื‘ืจื™ื

ืืš ืœื ื™ื“ืขืชื™ ืœื‘ื—ื•ืจ

ื™ื›ื•ืœืชื™ ืœืื”ื•ื‘

ื”ืจื‘ื” ืื ืฉื™ื

ืืš ืœื ื™ื“ืขืชื™ ืœืื”ื•ื‘

ื•ืื– ื‘ื ื”ื’ื•ืจืœ

ื•ืืžืจ "ืื ื™ ืื—ืœื™ื˜ ื‘ืžืงื•ืžืš...

ืืชื” ืชื”ื™ื” ืžืฉื•ืจืจ...

ื•ื‘ืขืฆื‘ ืชืœื“ ืฉื™ืจื™ื™ืš...

ื•ืืชื” ืชืื”ื‘ ื‘ืขืœ ื›ื•ืจื—ืš...

ืืš ื”ืื”ื‘ื” ืชืฉื‘ื•ืจ ืืช ืœื™ื‘ืš ืฉื•ื‘ ื•ืฉื•ื‘..."

ื•ื›ืš ื”ื™ื”

ื™ื›ื•ืœืชื™ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช

ื™ื›ื•ืœืชื™ ืœืื”ื•ื‘

ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ืื ื™ ืขื‘ื“ ืœื’ื•ืจืœื™

ื”ืฉืขืจ ื ื™ืกื’ืจ ืขืœื™ื™

ื•ืื ื™ ืžืžืชื™ืŸ.

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ื ื™ืคื’ืฉ ื‘ื’ืŸ ืขื“ืŸ.

ื”ื•ื ื—ื™ื™ืš ืืœื™ื™ ื•ืืžืจ "ื ื™ืคื’ืฉ ื‘ื’ืŸ ืขื“ืŸ"

ื•ืื– ืขืœื” ืขืœ ืžื˜ื•ืก ื‘ื›ืจื˜ื™ืก ื˜ื™ืกื” ืœื›ื™ื•ื•ืŸ ืื—ื“

ื•ื ืขืœื ืœื• ืื™ ืฉื

ืœื ืžื›ืชื‘ ื•ืœื ืื™ืžื™ื™ืœ

ืœื ืฉื™ื—ืช ื˜ืœืคื•ืŸ ื•ืœื ื”ื•ื“ืขืช ื˜ืงืกื˜

ืืฃ ืžื™ืœื” ืžืžื ื• ื“ืžืžื” ืžื•ื—ืœื˜ืช

ื•ืื ื™ ืžื—ื›ื” ืคื” ื”ื•ืœืš ื•ืžื–ื“ืงืŸ

ื‘ืขื•ืœื ืฉื”ื•ืคืš ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื’ื™ื”ื™ื ื•ื ืขืœื™ื™ ืื“ืžื•ืช

ื•ืžืงื•ื•ื” ื™ื•ื ืื—ื“ ืœืคื’ื•ืฉ ืื•ืชื•

ื”ืจื™ ื”ื‘ื˜ื—ื•ืช ืฆืจื™ืš ืœืงื™ื™ื ืœื?