Chinese Translation of Susan Hawthorne's #196 singing

singing

singing invites the world in

so many humans have lost their songs

singing is a basic human need

but is educated out of us

the best singers are those who listen

who respond to the world of sound

to sing is to breathe    to share

we sing the same air

singing is a language atuned to the brain

song creates memory tracks

which can be followed decades later

like an old map of the brain

歌唱

唱把世界請進來

那麼多人失去他們的歌

唱是人本能所需

卻被教沒了

最好的歌手是那些會聆聽

并回應聲音世界的人

去唱就是去呼吸  去分享

我們唱著同樣的空氣

唱是协调大脑的语言

歌创出几十年后能被追寻的

回忆的轨道

脑的旧地图


(translated into English by Iris Fan)