You Crossed the Sea - 你漂洋过海

就只是过了几个十年后的一杯酒。多说无益。

Adult Contemporary. Duet. Christopher & Charlene. That’s it.

https://youtu.be/1MMWruT4hzc

That was the split.
I stayed on my side of the world.
I poured a glass of wine,
watched the level fall,
and suddenly the room grew wide.

Ce n’est pas du regret, c’est la physique.
这不是遗憾，只是物理定律。

Your face half lost inside the light.
At last I saw you clearly,
and the place I kept inside
went quiet enough
for me to hear the room reply.

Two seeds from the same tree.

On a compris plus tard,
我们后来才明白，

we didn’t simply trade our lives.

Nous étions chacun
我们各自都在

à mesurer jusqu’où l’âme pouvait aller.
丈量灵魂究竟能走多远。

You’re the version of me that left.

Je suis la version de toi qui est restée.
我是那个留下来的你。

I’m the one who held the little light you left.

Tu es la route que je n’ai pas choisie.
你是那条我没有选择的路。

The road split open, but the roots stayed the same.
No debt, no victory, nothing left to claim.

You said you wanted

une vie plus tranquille.
一种更平静的生活。

I nodded, looking toward my own future.
No envy, no pride.
Some answers take this many years
before they finally become clear.

You lived the life I didn’t choose.

J’ai gardé la maison que tu as dû perdre.
我守住了那个你不得不失去的家。

I kept the part of you that stayed behind.

Après toutes ces années,
过了这么多年，

je porte encore ton nom dans le silence.
我依然在沉默里带著你的名字。

It’s one long breath held for decades,
finally released between us.

Tu me reconnais encore.
你依然认得我。

Et je connais toujours mon propre nom.
而我也依然知道自己是谁。

No one had to say a word.

Personne n’avait besoin de parler.
谁都不需要开口。

Same old rhythm, same tired light.

Toutes ces années, tout est enfin terminé.
这么多年以后，一切终于结束了。

We laughed together,
a little empty, a little lost,
because there was nothing left to wait for.

You’re the me who crossed the sea.

Je suis le toi que tu étais autrefois.
我是你曾经的那个自己。

There is no way back to yesterday.

Il ne sert à rien de rembobiner le temps.
把时间倒带，也没有任何意义。

The ones who finally close the case
sometimes don’t know where to place their hands.

Ceux qui ont enfin tourné la page
那些终于翻过这一页的人，

ne savent pas toujours quoi faire de leurs mains.
也不一定知道自己的双手该做些什么。

But we are here,
sharing the silence,
and neither of us has to disappear.

The airport changed its name.

Mais le sang n’a pas changé.
但内在没有改变。

The air still carries both our names.
I won’t pour a second glass tonight.

Je le laisse là,
我就让它留在那里，

à perdre doucement sa chaleur.
让它慢慢失去原本的温度。

This answer found the place
where it belongs inside.