letter to Lester

Were you in quarry bay the other day
你那天在方港嗎
coz i think i saw you in the subway
我好像在地鐵見到你了
or maybe not coz it was just a fifteen-year-old
也可能不是，那人只有十五歲
who looks like you twenty years ago.
看起來像你二十年的樣子
You must have grown into a big man now.
你現在一定已經長成一個男人了
Have you become the person you've always wanted to be
你變成你希望的樣子了嗎？
or have you become the person your mother wanted you to be?
或者只是變成你媽媽希望你的樣子
How about the dream that you dreamed?
你從前的夢想怎麼樣了？
Did you make it or you fake it?
實現了還是拋棄了？
Do you still tell anyone about it?
你還會向別人提起它嗎？
So are you leading the life that you've always planned to lead
你過上以前計劃的生活了嗎？
or are you living a life that only your wife wants to live?
或者只是按著妻子的意願活著？
How about the book you started to write?
你以前寫的書怎麼樣了？
Did you complete it or delete it?
完成了還是丟掉了？
Did you lie to anyone about it?
你會向別人掩飾它嗎？
It's been a long long long long time
時間已經過了很久很久
since last I saw your face your smile.
從上次看見你的笑臉到現在
It is a long long life
生命很長很長
filled up with love and lust and lies.
充滿了愛、慾望和謊言
i still remember on that rainy day
我還記得在那個雨天
how you slowly walked away and cried.
你失神地走掉，哭泣

Have you found the button that you said could reset one's life,
你發現那個可以重置生命的按鈕了嗎？
or have you learnt to love yourself as you were born to be?
或者學會了愛天生的你？
How about the songs that you wrote?
你以前寫的歌怎麼樣了？
Do you still keep them or did you sweep them away,
你還留著他們，或是掃走了
before they could make their ways to the record companies?
在它們被送到唱片公司之前？
It's been a long long long long time
時間已經過了很久很久
since last I saw your face your smile.
從上次看見你的笑臉到現在
It is a long long life
生命很長很長
filled up with love and lust and lies.
充滿了愛、慾望和謊言
i still remember on that rainy day
我還記得在那個雨天
how you slowly walked away and cried.
你失神地走掉，哭泣
It's been a long long long long time
時間已經過了很久很久
since last I saw your face your smile.
從上次看見你的笑臉到現在
It is a long long life
生命很長很長
filled up with love and lust and lies.
充滿了愛、慾望和謊言
Why did you act like a fool when you're not such a fool
為什麼要裝得像個傻瓜
when you let them walk away and cry?
當你哭泣著看它們走掉
How our dreams they walked away and died.
我們的夢想就這樣走掉，死去